The Road To Atlanta
For 84 DAYS the Olympic flame was carried across America, traveling through 42 states and the nation's capital, until it finally arrived in Atlanta last night. Some 10,000 men, women and children were the keepers of that flame, holding their torches aloft so that millions more could see the icon that has come to represent the spirit of the Games. It was the longest relay since the tradition took its present form 60 years ago. In the end only the final torchbearer, the man or woman who will light the cauldron at Olympic Stadium tonight, will linger in our minds. But until then, like this solitary runner, his or her identity remains unknown to all but a few.
photograph by Terry Schmitt/ACOG
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