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[[Image - black & white photograph of Jim Thorpe's athletic achievement monument. left to right - Carl Thorpe (Jim's son), Jim Thorpe, Phyllis Shapter, Gov. Fine of Penna., Gen. Trudeau, Commandant of the Carlisle Barracks-]]

Monument reads: 

IN RECOGNITION OF 
THE ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF
JIM THORPE
STUDENT OF THE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL
OLYMPIC CHAMPION AT STOCKHOLM IN 1912
AND IN 1950 VOTED
THE GREATEST ATHLETE AND FOOTBALL PLAYER
OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY