President Clinton Helps Pass the American Flag

In this photograph, taken on July 19, 1996, President Bill Clinton and Olympic track and field gold medalist Evelyn Ashford pass an American flag to Olympic freestyle wrestler Bruce Baumgartner during a ceremony held at the Olympic Village in Atlanta, Georgia in advance of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Baumgartner was selected by his teammates to carry the flag for the American team during the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games; Ashford previously carried the flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Later that day, President Clinton delivered opening remarks during the opening opening ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics at the Centennial Olympic Stadium.