Who is the most revered person in your country's history?

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Eddie Teach

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September 26, 2016, 10:53:10 PM
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Barrister

#151
September 26, 2016, 10:59:16 PM
You know it came to me today.

The most revered person in Canadian history is Terry Fox.

I don't think it can even be argued.
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#153
September 27, 2016, 01:04:46 AM
Quote from: Barrister on September 26, 2016, 10:59:16 PM
You know it came to me today.

The most revered person in Canadian history is Terry Fox.

I don't think it can even be argued.

Who?
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Gups

#154
September 27, 2016, 08:18:06 AM
Quote from: Oexmelin on September 27, 2016, 01:04:46 AM
Quote from: Barrister on September 26, 2016, 10:59:16 PM
You know it came to me today.

The most revered person in Canadian history is Terry Fox.

I don't think it can even be argued.

Who?

Terry Fox. He says so right there in his post  :rolleyes:

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September 27, 2016, 08:31:25 AM
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Malthus

#156
September 27, 2016, 08:52:23 AM
Quote from: Gups on September 27, 2016, 08:18:06 AM
Quote from: Oexmelin on September 27, 2016, 01:04:46 AM
Quote from: Barrister on September 26, 2016, 10:59:16 PM
You know it came to me today.

The most revered person in Canadian history is Terry Fox.

I don't think it can even be argued.

Who?

Terry Fox. He says so right there in his post  :rolleyes:

I think he was attempting to point out that Terry Fox wasn't (as) well known in Quebec, that reverence for him was mainly an English-Canadian phenomenon. 
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Oexmelin

#157
September 27, 2016, 09:24:13 AM
Quote from: Malthus on September 27, 2016, 08:52:23 AM
I think he was attempting to point out that Terry Fox wasn't (as) well known in Quebec, that reverence for him was mainly an English-Canadian phenomenon. 

Yep. And thus, perfectly arguable.

That being said, I remember him being promoted / celebrated in the 1980s in Quebec, but it was for a brief moment. I genuinely wonder whether it is a generational thing (I figure BB and I are of similar age), but I imagine Terry Fox's memory is perhaps maintained more actively (textbooks, cultural references, ads, toponyms, etc) in English Canada than it is in Quebec.
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Grey Fox

#158
September 27, 2016, 10:11:55 AM
Fox's marathon part in Quebec totally went unnoticed.
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