re: 1976 - the bicentennial

It was a good year for pop music

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We'll lay back and observe the constellations
And watch the moon smiling bright
I'll play the radio on Southern stations
'Cause Southern belles are hell at night
You say you came to Baltimore from Ole Miss
A class of 7-4 gold ring
The eastern moon looks ready for a wet kiss
To make the tide rise again,

My junior year high school yearbook cover:


They wasted a bunch of pages with this stuff:


Used patriotic pictures to denote the differennt sections:


Here's one of the homecoming court in front of a sign:

'76 had the best quarter.

What was the name of the train they brought around the country with a museum like display?

Bicentennial express? I will google and edit

I remember it. People were patriotic then. We had a parade, like most cities, and I was in boy scouts and we marched. Still have my uniform.

I was a high school senior, the teachers all urged us to pick red, white, and blue for our senior colors so of course we picked dark blue and light blue. They were not happy, fack them.

We painted the fire hydrant on our street like part of an american flag, it looked pretty good.

I was able to vote for Ford over Carter; Carter didn't take office until 1977.

I lived in Pittsburgh and the Steelers beat the Cowboys in the Superbowl to start the year - very nice.

We watched the July 4 fireworks at the Point in Pittsburgh - great show and a beautiful setting.

Bruce Jenner won the decathlon and both he and the Olympics were awesome.

Music was still very good but disco was arriving and the long slide down had begun.

The 80's were better.

I wasn't even 1 years old yet

I was 4. My only memory is struggling to stay awake to see the fireworks late that night.

Also, didn't people collect bicentennial coins?