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Old 01-19-2005, 07:30 AM
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Robert E. Lee

John C. Calhoun

Edmund Ruffin

Preston Brooks

John Wilkes Booth


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Old 01-19-2005, 03:28 PM
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My five in order of their importance:

George Washington

John Adams

John Quincy Adams

Abraham Lincoln

U. S. Grant

Bill, not bad. Not good, but not bad either.

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Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
Eli Whitney
Samuel Adams...."always a good choice"
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Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
Robert E. Lee
Ronald Reagan
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My two cents:

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Bush (although the jury is still out)

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Abraham Lincoln [1809-1865]
Frederick Douglass [1818-1891]
Clara Barton [1821-1912]
Tatanka-Iyotanka ("Sitting Bull") [1831-1890]
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt ("Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain", "Chief Joseph") [1840-1904]
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Friar:

Hate to take issue with what is certainly a personal perspective, but Chief Joseph? His, "I will fight no more, forever." Is all we have of him, and he wasn't the war chief of that heroic band.

Maybe Crazy Horse? Red Cloud?

Just stirring the pot.
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My 5 greatest American women:

Harriet Tubman
Clara Barton
St Elizabeth Ann Seton
Sojourner Truth
Condaleeza Rice

Would like to have a sixth spot for Abigail Adams or Dolley Madison.
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Thumbs up 5 greatest American heroes...
1. Abraham Lincoln

2. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

3. Patrick Cleburne

4. Kurt Vonnegut

5. Hunter S.Thompson
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