The staff meeting is the theatre for celebrating heroes, improving self-image and boosting morale.

The headteacher's report is an opportunity to celebrate heroes, to show passion for the school, to show persistence and above all consistency.

Abstract or figurative, celebrating causes and heroes and heroines, such civic artworks reflect a new zeal to adorn the public landscape.

It was the first in a long series of now over 30 murals celebrating comic heroes in the city.

They celebrate heroes and heroines who have been left off the rolls, whose battles and victories have either been ignored or denigrated.

Colourful houses are on every side, with frescoes celebrating heroes of long ago and episodes that are remembered from centuries back in Swiss history.

She celebrates house-proud working-class heroes, women and men trying to raise their children against tremendous odds: poverty, racism, guns, drugs, gangs, riots.

"This is the way our democracy renews its promise: by celebrating American heroes and American values without hesitation and without apology."

Some monuments celebrate heroes, commemorate victories, honor kings or saints.