Special Olympics medal awarded to Mary Rogers for a track event
name: label: awarded to
content: Diaz, Mary
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Round, gold colored Special Olympics medal with a red, white and blue ribbon won by Mary Rogers, age 11, for a track event in SIlver Spring , MD, c 1975. From its beginnings as Camp Shriver in Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s backyard, to the first international games in 1968, Special Olympics has been about giving people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to participate in sport. Participation in sport builds confidence, provides emotional support and offers social opportunities for the athletes and their families. With state chapters and a global presence through its World Games, “Special Olympics is the largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities with 5 million athletes in 170 countries worldwide.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Special Olympics
label: name of sport
content: Track and Field
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0139.02
label: accession number
content: 2011.0139
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0139.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal. special olympics
label: Object Name
content: special olympics medal
label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ribbon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 2 in; 40.64 cm x 5.08 cm