Just Say No to Abuse Declaring War on Terrorism. Though Canada s history didn t seem to have the same conflict as that of the United States, we still have our heroes. Sir John A. MacDonald, the Voyageurs of Canada s earliest days, Laura Secord for her part in the War of 1812 and Louis Riel are all truly Canadian heroes. Along with these we have Marilyn Bell who swam Lake Ontario at the age of sixteen, Terry Fox, an amputee, who ran across six provinces to raise money for cancer and Wayne Gretzky of NHL fame.
Children have their heroes.
I was a baby boomer and my generation was no exception. When I was young, there was no television. Our heroes came from books and numerous radio programs. I can still go on an adventure in a good book and sometimes miss such fictional radio personalities as The Shadow. Then, when I was about ten, my father was able to afford a small television.