Grace and family at Jim Thorpe Olympics Celebration.

ID: 953 ~ Source: Photo Album: Olympic Committee Medal Presentation; January 1983; Grace F. Thorpe Collection, Folder 104-109; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
 ~ Creator: National Museum of the American Indian ~ Date: Ca. 1983
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Pictured is Grace and her siblings receiving Jim Thorpe's Olympic medal on his behalf at his Olympic medal ceremony. Jim received the medal posthumously.

This file appears in: Defending Jim Thorpe's Athletic Legacy

By Grace Thorpe
"Many people have asked me how Dad felt about the American Athletic Association making Dad return awards, trophies, etc. from the 1912 Olympics. I asked him this question also, as near as I can remember this is what happened. He kinda shrugged his…