Perhaps the one honor that pleased him most was that his hometown of Waukeegan named a school for him.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

On January 24th, the pilot known as "Sully" was honored in his hometown of Danville, California.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

President Obama wore a Washington Nationals jacket, but the hat of his hometown Chicago White Sox.

VOA: special.2010.04.10

William Shakespeare died in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon in sixteen-sixteen at the age of fifty-two.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

In Cleveland, fans felt like the basketball star betrayed his hometown and his team.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

The orchestra's rehearsals bring him back to his hometown every weekend.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

But in the soldier's hometown in the western U.S.state of Idaho, his family has known about his capture from the beginning.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

Klug held another Donor Dudes event at the recent Winter X Games which were held this year in his hometown of Aspen,Colorado.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

"But I totally resent the fact that they have come to Senator Reid's hometown and targeted him."

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

Even though the music icon only visited his hometown once after achieving stardom, Michael Jackson and his musical family are fondly remembered in Gary.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

In 1969,Dean founded the Jimmy Dean Meat Company in his hometown of Plainview,Texas.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

After going to four Olympic games with no medal,Lodwick,33, now a father of two, left the sport in 2006 to sell real estate in his hometown of Steamboat Springs Colorado.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Forward LeBron James, built his reputation as one of the top players in the National Basketball Association playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers - the team that first drafted him in 2003 and one that is close to his hometown of Akron,Ohio.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08