At ancient Greek sports festivals it was the custom to give ribbons to winning athletes. Later, at the awards' ceremony, the athlete received a wreath of leaves such as olive, laurel or wild celery leaves, depending on the festival. The identity of the athlete and the event he won are not known. Athletes are selected by their respective NOCs, who are responsible for supporting them and entering them for the Games. The IOC sends out invitation letters to all NOCs one year before the Opening Ceremony and those NOCS then submit entries for the Games who are then approved or otherwise by the IOC. They got The Olympic Order award for winning.
NC 1956=Goes to states legislature as an amendment to constitution --PASSES and NC remains segregated until 1971
-- Even with pupil assignment act, school system has the right to shut down a school if being threatened by integration
--And parents have the right to remove their child from public school and have a voucher to send them to a private school
The answer is oral.
These were passed down through stories made by wise men or elders of a
village or tribe from generation to generation.
It was probably a strict process as each successor knew the history of
his clan for he was a source of knowledge to those around him.
