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re: 1976 - the bicentennial
Posted on 7/3/16 at 8:41 pm to haikarate
Posted on 7/3/16 at 8:41 pm to haikarate
I was nine as well. We took a summer trip in a paneled 1972 station wagon and drove from Louisiana to Orlando in that thing. No seatbelts whatsoever. There was a jump seat in the back where we road and we just sat there playing board games for the whole trip. I remember Disney World was still out in the middle of nowhere at that time. We drove through acres and acres of orange groves before we got there.
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Posted on 7/3/16 at 8:42 pm to HooDooWitch
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My ole man purchased a lawn mower back in 1976 and it had red white and blue stars and stripes all over it. I felt like a proud American for years to come every time he made me do the lawn.
I was 14 years old then,and the main things that I remember,all of The U.S cars,had a Bicentennial Edition,that were all white,with red and blue trim.You rarely see any of these cars anymore. I did see a Spirit of America 76 Chevy Nova a few weeks ago that was really nice.
Also Bicentennial coins,mainly quarters.
There were lots of really big 4th of July celebrations that year.
Posted on 7/3/16 at 8:48 pm to haikarate
8th grade, Freshman in HS. It was a very good year for RTS.
Posted on 7/3/16 at 8:50 pm to haikarate
I was 15. Remember "The Bicentennial Minute" that year during commercial breaks on TV?
Posted on 7/3/16 at 8:52 pm to eddieray
loved the bicentennial minute - end of every 5:30 national news program.
Posted on 7/3/16 at 8:56 pm to northshorebamaman
Love that movie.
This post was edited on 7/3/16 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 7/3/16 at 9:09 pm to northshorebamaman
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This summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth of July brouhaha, don't forget you're celebrating the fact that a bunch of slave owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes.
Guess you've never heard of "no taxation without representation"?
Or maybe my sarcasm meter needs recalibrating.
LC
Posted on 7/3/16 at 9:12 pm to auggie
[/img] Found a pic of one of these babies. Pretty sweet looking rig
Posted on 7/3/16 at 9:13 pm to haikarate
1976 was the year I graduated from HS. The Bicentennial was The. Most. Hyped. Event. in American history, even more than most Super Bowls.
Everywhere you looked, there were signs of the Bicentennial. Even if you lived under a rock, you knew the Bicentennial was coming.
Everywhere you looked, there were signs of the Bicentennial. Even if you lived under a rock, you knew the Bicentennial was coming.
Posted on 7/3/16 at 9:14 pm to LongueCarabine
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Guess you've never heard of "no taxation without representation"?
Or maybe my sarcasm meter needs recalibrating.
Neither. It's a line from a pretty famous movie set in the summer of 76. As far as I know, there isn't any bicentennial brouhaha this year.
This post was edited on 7/3/16 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 7/3/16 at 9:15 pm to auggie
My ole man was a sales manager at a Buick dealership in Tampa at the time and one day he drove one of these home
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[/img]Posted on 7/3/16 at 9:17 pm to haikarate
25 - 2 kids - still with wife #1. Not going back there.
Posted on 7/3/16 at 9:27 pm to haikarate
Remember it.
Very dialed up about it.
Very dialed up about it.
Posted on 7/3/16 at 9:32 pm to HooDooWitch
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My ole man was a sales manager at a Buick dealership in Tampa at the time and one day he drove one of these home
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Damn,that's bad arse, I don't remember ever seeing one of those in person.
Posted on 7/3/16 at 9:42 pm to tss22h8
Yes, it was very hyped.
Dob y'all remember all the fire hydrants painted as flags or revolutionary soldiers?
Dob y'all remember all the fire hydrants painted as flags or revolutionary soldiers?
Posted on 7/3/16 at 9:47 pm to GetBackToWork
sure do
Posted on 7/3/16 at 10:06 pm to haikarate
20, time of my life. How did these wimps ruin it?
Posted on 7/3/16 at 10:27 pm to nc14
My brother tried to corner the market in bicentennial quarters. My parents probably still have a sack of them in their safe.
They year 2000 seemed as far away as 2040 does now. Because it was.
They year 2000 seemed as far away as 2040 does now. Because it was.
Posted on 7/3/16 at 10:33 pm to haikarate
awesome year for me, coming into LSU, walk on/hanger on to a varsity sport, house boy at my older sister's sorority house, new in a badass frat, I was bathing in it pretty much, and not a care in the world
Posted on 7/3/16 at 10:43 pm to northshorebamaman
I got it bro. I love dazed & confused
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