President Ronald Reagan hands the Paralympic Torch to swimmer Jan Wilson for the final leg of its journey to Long Island.
The seventh Paralympic Games (then known as the International Games for the Disabled) were held in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom, and on Long Island in New York. Wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries competed in the U.K.; amputee athletes, cerebral palsy athletes and visually impaired athletes competed in New York. American Marcia Bevard won six gold medals in swimming.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum offers parking in the adjacent Park Union District lot for $7.50 per-day. Metered parking is also available on Sierra Madre and Vermijo.
Olympic Marks are used under license from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. 36 U.S.C. 220506
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