It is always notable when countries choose to honor foreigners as heroes. Often, this is done for religious leaders, such as the various Luther memorials. Washington, D.C. has several memorials to foreigners who came to lead American soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Sometimes such memorials are gifts from the native country of the hero, such as the memorial to Muhammad Taragai Ulugbek in Riga, a gift from Uzbekistan or the memorial to Benito Juarez a gift from Mexico and to Bernardo de Galvez, a gift from Spain, both in Washington, D.C.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the death of Howard Baskerville, an American martyr for constitutionalism in Iran. He is still honored in Iran in that he is known throughout the country and there are several schools named after him. Baskerville died in Tabriz in 1909 during a protest against the new shah's repeal of the 1906 constituion. He had gone there after graduating from Princeton to teach for the Presbyterian school. He lead a 150-man contingent of soldiers and students in the nationalist side in a brief conflict with royalist forces. There is a small memorial at his grave in the Armenian cemetery in Tabriz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdSO6N7b2Z8
http://www.iranian.com/History/Aug98/Baskerville/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/opinion/18calafi.html?th&emc=th