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The Walk of Fame was unveiled in 1929 under the
supervision of Rollins College President Hamilton Holt. The tradition of the Walk of Fame
has remained unchanged in the nearly seventy years since its inception.
From Hamilton Holt's introduction to "The Walk of Fame: A Path of Many Memories", written in the early '30s:
"It is a curious fact that only two men of the 600 in the 'Walk
of Fame' got there as a result of material achievement and success.
These are Rockefeller and Carnegie. Every other man and woman had
to achieve supremely in the realm of the mind or the spirit. To be
immortal, one must found a republic, win a war, paint a Sistine
Chapel or a
Madonna, compose a Parsifal, write a Hamlet, fly over the Poles,
discover the law of evolution, or preserve the human voice in wax.
We have these particular immortals."
"Perhaps the fascinating fact about these stones is that although
they are of no intrinsic value, yet each one of them is eloquent
with suggestion and inspiration."
Many stones have been added and many have been lost since the
Walk was first created. About 400 of the original 600 stones
from Hamilton Holt's Walk are still in place.
Among the missing are Rockefeller and Carnegie - maybe there is
a message here! There are currently 526 stones in the Walk.
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