This weekend marks 30 years since the Olympic flame made its way through Wichita; the flame was being transported across the United States on its way to Atlanta, Georgia, for the Summer Olympics.
In keeping with tradition, the flame was lit at the Temple of Hera in the Greek city of Olympia a month-and-a-half earlier. After three weeks in Greece, the flame was then flown to Los Angeles, for its epic journey across the U.S.A.
On May 17, 1996, a Friday, the Olympic flame began its day at the State Capitol in Topeka, then was taken by bicycle alongside Kansas wheatfields and cornfields, with winds gusting at 40 miles per hour…