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Honorees include many names that are still familiar ([[Wilbur Wright|Wilbur]] and [[Orville Wright]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[John Philip Sousa]]) and some that seem quite obscure: (Naval officer and oceanographer [[Matthew Fontaine Maury]], astronomer [[Maria Mitchell]], jurist [[Rufus Choate]]). | Honorees include many names that are still familiar ([[Wilbur Wright|Wilbur]] and [[Orville Wright]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[John Philip Sousa]]) and some that seem quite obscure: (Naval officer and oceanographer [[Matthew Fontaine Maury]], astronomer [[Maria Mitchell]], jurist [[Rufus Choate]]). | ||
| − | The Hall of Fame includes a 630-foot | + | The Hall of Fame includes a 630-foot outdoor colonnade featuring 98 bronze busts and commemorative plaques. It also includes three buildings: a library, a Hall of Languages, and a Hall of Philosophy. |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/hallofFame/ Hall of Fame for Great Americans] | [http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/hallofFame/ Hall of Fame for Great Americans] | ||
Revision as of 00:00, January 2, 2008
The original "Hall of Fame" is the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, a now almost-forgotten institution located in what was originally a campus of New York University and is now Bronx Community College in Bronx, New York.
It was dedicated in 1901, and honorees were elected at five-year intervals from 1900 through 1970, and in 1973. During its heyday the election of new honorees was considered a national news event, and the choices of honorees were a topic of lively public debate.
Honorees include many names that are still familiar (Wilbur and Orville Wright, Benjamin Franklin, John Philip Sousa) and some that seem quite obscure: (Naval officer and oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Maury, astronomer Maria Mitchell, jurist Rufus Choate).
The Hall of Fame includes a 630-foot outdoor colonnade featuring 98 bronze busts and commemorative plaques. It also includes three buildings: a library, a Hall of Languages, and a Hall of Philosophy.
