Milton+Bradley--+A+19th+Century+Amercian+Hero+by+gnal33




 * My definition of a Hero**- i think a hero is someone who isn't afraid to be different, someone who isn't afraid to stand up in what they believe in and someone who can bring joy to peoples lives, and make them happy. The person has to be able to put a smile on someones face, someone who can think outside of the box,

(November 8, 1836 – May 30, 1911) died at age 71, born in Vienna, Maine, but lived for two-years in Hartford, Connecticut with his parents, then went to Massachusetts, settling in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1856. Milton bradley was a game inventor, he launched the board game industry in North America with Milton Bradley Company. I think he brought many joy to all kids of America, I don't know one person who doesn't have at least one milton bradley game, I think it also brought some familes together in many ways. this was very important because he you could also learn things from these games, like the game of life, you could learn things like how to manage money or how to live with lots of kids and how to pay for them, things like that. He made kids happy to this day i stillp lay some of the games that he made. He also invented the paper cutter, In 2004, he was posthumously inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, the company he founded made games like, Candy Land, Operation, and Battleship. I think if he were sitting here with us right now and he were to give us a little advice he might say something like you need to have a little fun in your life and tak a break every once in a while, and sit down with the family and spend some quality time together.


 * Personal Definiton**- I think milton bradley is someone whos different, because he has to be pretty creative to different to create the company and games that he has today, he did kind of stand up for what he believed in, because he wanted this compnay to work and get big and now it is tons of kids have his games in there house and are playing them everyday. If you were to sit down and try to remember him, I think everyone would just open there closet door and look in the back and see one of his games, I think his legacy would be bringing joy to peoples lives, and making them feel good about themselve when they win one fo the games. I think he will always be remembered be everyone. I think Milton Bradley is able to think outside of the box, none of this new television show junk, he will sit there and think of a new game idea, for everyone to play, and that everyone will love.

I think if we didn't have Milton Bradley we would have spent alot more time watching television and cartoons in the morning and not enough time with the family playing board games and even sometimes learning new things. When its a rainy day and your stuck inside, what do you do, well you play a game of course, and you always make sure you are the one winning. When I was little, the onyl thing that could get the family together was playing a game, most likely something hard and challenging, that will be hard to win, so when you do, you get to rub it in everyones face. So I do think he had a big impact on many peoples lives and I do think that he was a big help in the whole growing up process.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Bradley