Comments on: 2009 Topps Heritage American Heroes http://www.cardboardconnection.com/2009-topps-heritage-american-heroes Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:20:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Max Friedman http://www.cardboardconnection.com/2009-topps-heritage-american-heroes#comment-6592 Max Friedman Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:35:32 +0000 http://www.cardboardconnection.com/?p=8367#comment-6592 The Topps Heritage American Heroes cards of 2009 are great. Despite the fact that there are a lot of historically unknown figures on them, each of them is a great learning tool to teach about American history and historical figures. I used to have similar sets from the 1950's which were stolen, including the presidents and "Scoops". I learned a lot from them about history and people. Today, I'm using both Topps Heritage and Donruss Americana cards to teach my granddaughter about history. Fortunaltely I have met a few of the people on these cards and have their autographed photos. Now I'm trying to get their cards signed. For instance, Col. Bud Day is on Card No. 9, and is described as the most decorated living member of the U.S. Air Force. He was a former POW in the Hanoi Hilton after being shot down over North Vietnam. We were part of a documentary film on the Vietnam War and Jane Fonda, which appeared nationally in 1988. I never thought about asking him for his autograph as we were busy with the film. Today, with his card, I'm going to try and get him to autograph it for me. It will be a legacy gift to my son, a combat veteran of Iraq. My granddaughter will get the flown-in-space piece of cargo bay liner from the shuttle Discovery, plus the Abraham Lincoln card series. I hope that Topps does another series next year to continue telling the history of the United States and those who have made it a great nation. The Topps Heritage American Heroes cards of 2009 are great. Despite the fact that there are a lot of historically unknown figures on them, each of them is a great learning tool to teach about American history and historical figures.

I used to have similar sets from the 1950's which were stolen, including the presidents and "Scoops". I learned a lot from them about history and people. Today, I'm using both Topps Heritage and Donruss Americana cards to teach my granddaughter about history.

Fortunaltely I have met a few of the people on these cards and have their autographed photos. Now I'm trying to get their cards signed. For instance, Col. Bud Day is on Card No. 9, and is described as the most decorated living member of the U.S. Air Force. He was a former POW in the Hanoi Hilton after being shot down over North Vietnam.

We were part of a documentary film on the Vietnam War and Jane Fonda, which appeared nationally in 1988. I never thought about asking him for his autograph as we were busy with the film. Today, with his card, I'm going to try and get him to autograph it for me. It will be a legacy gift to my son, a combat veteran of Iraq.

My granddaughter will get the flown-in-space piece of cargo bay liner from the shuttle Discovery, plus the Abraham Lincoln card series.

I hope that Topps does another series next year to continue telling the history of the United States and those who have made it a great nation.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.cardboardconnection.com/2009-topps-heritage-american-heroes#comment-1222 Jeff Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.cardboardconnection.com/?p=8367#comment-1222 I agree with most of the points in this review. 09 American Heritage was a good product through and through and would recommend it to any fans of Donruss Americana or the like. I agree with most of the points in this review. 09 American Heritage was a good product through and through and would recommend it to any fans of Donruss Americana or the like.

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