On This Day In Alabama History: Jesse Owens Memorial Park Was Dedicated
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
The Jesse Owens Memorial Park in Oakville, in Lawrence County, was dedicated June 29, 1996, and featured the arrival of the official Olympic Torch on its way to the Atlanta Summer Games. Owens’ grandson Stuart Owen Rankin carried the torch and Owens’ widow, Ruth, lit the “eternal flame,” which was designed to look like the 1936 Berlin Olympics torch.
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