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May 30, 2007

The 1996 D.C. Olympics

If you’ve been to the box suites at RFK Stadium, you may have noticed photos of acts that have played the stadium lining the hallway – U2, New Kids on the Block, the Promise Keepers and so on. But after we finished laughing at the New Kids, one plaque off to the side caught our eye: “Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, site of Olympic football, 19 July-4 August 1996.” What? The Olympics were at RFK? There…

 
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