Legacy

A legacy is anything a person leaves to someone else.

In law, the legacy of a testator includes the full body of bequests in his last will and testament.

In politics, the legacy of any politician, especially one leaving office, includes the full body of laws he authored, sponsored, or signed, judges he appointed, and policies he put into force and effect.

## Legacies[edit]

Here are some examples of legacies continued long after the leader or creation passed from this world:

* Frank Lloyd Wright (Arizona)
* John Ashbrook (Ohio)
* Russell Kirk (Michigan)
* William Faulkner (Mississippi)
* Ernest Hemingway (Illinois)[1]
* John Steinbeck (California)
* Roberto Clemente (Pittsburgh)
* American Gothic (Iowa)[2]
* Ludwig von Mises (Alabama)[3]
* Charles Schulz[4]
* Charlie Chaplin (Switzerland)[5]
* Salvador Dali (St. Petersburg, Florida)[6]
* Edmond Malone (Shakespeare scholar, The Malone Society is located online[7])
* Judy Garland (Grand Rapids, Minnesota)
* Kurt Vonnegut (Indianapolis, Indiana)[8]
* Abraham Lincoln (Springfield, Illinois)[9]
* Walter Chrysler (Ellis, Kansas)[10]
* Robert Jackson, the most prominent conservative U.S. Supreme Court justice of the 20th century (Jamestown, New York)[11]
* Andy Warhol (Pittsburgh) - a spectacular 7-story gallery[12]
* Elvis Presley (Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee)
* Charles Dickens (preserving his London home, at 48 Doughty Street)[13]
* Shakespeare Center LA (Los Angeles), funded by the State of California[14]
* H.L. Mencken (Baltimore)[15]
* Robert Frost (Derry, New Hampshire)[16]
* Ralph Waldo Emerson (Concord, Massachusetts)[17]
* General Lew Wallace, author of Ben-Hur (book) (Crawfordsville, Indiana)[18]
* Mark Twain (Hartford, Connecticut,[19] where he wrote his later works, and Hannibal, Missouri,[20] where he grew up)
* C.S. Lewis (The Kilns, in Headington Quarry near Oxford, England[21])
* F. Scott Fitzgerald (three historical landmarks in St. Paul, Minnesota[22])
* Ross Perot (Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas[23])

## References[edit]

1. ↑ https://www.hemingwaybirthplace.com/
2. ↑ https://americangothichouse.org/american-gothic
3. ↑ https://mises.org/
4. ↑ https://schulzmuseum.org/about-schulz/schulz-biography/
5. ↑ https://charliechaplinmuseumfoundation.com/en/home/#structure
6. ↑ https://thedali.org/
7. ↑ https://malonesociety.com/about-2/
8. ↑ https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/
9. ↑ His Library and Museum are 2 separate grandiose facilities, each of which is in downtown Springfield. Museum Library Illinois official cite Illinois State History Museum.
10. ↑ https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g38688-d4090855-Reviews-Walter_P_Chrysler_Boyhood_Home_Museum-Ellis_Kansas.html
11. ↑ https://www.roberthjackson.org/
12. ↑ https://www.warhol.org/
13. ↑ https://dickensmuseum.com/
14. ↑ https://www.shakespearecenter.org/history
15. ↑ https://menckenhouse.org/
16. ↑ https://www.robertfrostfarm.org/
17. ↑ https://www.ralphwaldoemersonhouse.org/
18. ↑ https://www.ben-hur.com/
19. ↑ https://marktwainhouse.org/
20. ↑ https://marktwainmuseum.org/
21. ↑ https://www.cslewis.org/ourprograms/thekilns/kilnstour/
22. ↑ https://saintpaulhistorical.com/items/show/119
23. ↑ https://thehill.com/opinion/education/452748-ross-perots-philanthropic-legacy-inspiring-next-generation-of-engineers/