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Sunday, February 14, 2010
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Olympic Cauldron

This afternoon we went to visit the Olympic cauldron, which was lit on Friday night after the Opening Ceremonies. Many people in the crowd were upset that they couldn't get closer to see the fire because it was blocked off by a chain-link fence! No one there, even the security guards, knew why the cauldron was blocked off. One lady thought that the Olympic committee was worried about protesters and didn't want to let them close to the cauldron.


The Olympic flame is a symbol of modern-day Olympics.  Where did the flame come from? The flame story was that the Greek god Prometheus stole the flame from Mount Olympus and gave it to the humans. The flame is carried by torch from Greece where the Ancient Olympics started to where the Olympics is held.  

This is a picture of the cauldron through the chains in the fence.

2 Comments

that is gigantic! why did they trap it behind a fence?

wow can't you write something with action this is not exactly what I wanted.It is not because your from Canda is a really beautiful country. but next time write about cutural facts and it's nature. you are actually one of my best blogs

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