On May 18, 1996, the Olympic Torch Relay included torch bearers Charles Dow, local community hero Emily Bergkamp, Michael Goff, Amanda Crouse, Shaunta Lolar, Greg Gann, Trisha Morgan, Jenny Graham, Brooke Snowden, Nick Gilliland, and Chad Taylor as part of the 100th anniversary of the Olympic Flame during the 26th Olympiad in Atlanta, Georgia, with Gordon-Piatt Energy Group as designer and manufacturer of the Olympic cauldron burners.