Hi everyone, which city are you in ?

Question

Whose statue do you have at the city square, or
Who is the legendary hero of your city? what did he achieve in his life ??

Answer 1

St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Saint Andrew the Apostle is the Patron Saint of Scotland, and St. Andrew's Day is celebrated by Scots around the world on the 30th November. The flag of Scotland is the Cross of St. Andrew, and this is widely displayed as a symbol of national identity.

Answer 2

Worthing, West Sussex, town not city. Memorial to Carrier Pigeons during the war in a local park.

Answer 3

I live in Costa Rica now, in the Provence of Heredia. My place is in Barrio Mercedes Norte.

We have no army, and generals have a poor reputation among Latinos, so when I go the central park, I can see many busts of celebrated men, but they are all founders or public benefactors of some sort. We don't even have a "Swat Team." Police Chief does not wear stars or have scrambled eggs on his hat. Not many heroes of that sort, though a man named Figueros is much admired for kicking out the generals and dissolving the army in the late 1940's.

I was born in Illinois, Lee County, not far from Shabbona park and the village of Shabonna mentioned by one of the other responders.

Answer 4

I live in Savannah, GA, the first "planned" city in the colonies. There are 24 squares in the historical downtown area (it's also the largest national historical landmark in the country - or used to be) and many have statues of heros. Two that come to mind are Gen. Pulaski and Sgt Jasper.

Answer 5

Minneapolis, MN
Mary Tyler Moore Statue

Answer 6

Jersey City, NJ -- I'd say the heroes are the victims of September 11th who lived in Jersey City. There is a memorial across the river from lower Manhattan.

Answer 7

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. No city square, but the local hero is Mahathir, precious Prime Mister, who put Malaysia on the map and pulled the country out of the doldrums.

Answer 8

I don't live in a City I live near a town called Reading, UK, but there is a big statue of a lion in this park near the town. I'm not sure what he did lol. I think there is a statue of Queen Victoria in the town to.

Answer 9

Little town in northern Illinois. We have a stature for Civil war soldiers since a volunteer group was from our area. Our town hero was an Indian Chief name Shabonna. He warned the settlers of the pending attacks during the Blackhawk Indian wars. He is pretty well celebrated in an area of about 60 miles around our town. Some towns in Illinois are named after him and our courthouse has a number of artifacts from him.He is buried in one of our cemeteries.

Answer 10

I live in Canterbury, Kent, I don't know if there is a hero?! but it seems to be pretty famous for the cathedral & the arch bishop. There's old bits of wall around which have been here for a long long time. And of course the Canterbury Tales.