In the nearly 40-year history of Skate America, the original event pictogram—pairs skaters in red and blue, gliding on an outside edge—has made regular, although not consecutive, appearances on the event pins. The pins for the 1981 and 1982 Skate America events incorporate the pictogram and are nearly identical in design.
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Main Street USA. 1965.
Lake Placid, New York, boasts a long and storied history of playing host to the highest levels of winter sports events. Most notably, the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Winter Games. In the middle 1960s, the tiny Adirondack village rolled out the red carpet for the nation's premiere skating event, the 1965 U.S. Figure Skating Championships,… Continue reading Main Street USA. 1965.