I can’t help but to think that this picture of American fencers at a competition in Italy reinforces our image as the melting pot of the world:
Mariel Zagunis, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Dagmara Wozniak and Daria Schneider, of the United States, celebrate on the podium after winning a bronze medal in a women’s team sabre final match at the World Fencing Championship in Catania, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011.