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re: Who here remembers the Bicentennial of 1976?
Posted on 7/5/24 at 5:27 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Posted on 7/5/24 at 5:27 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I had just graduated from USL in May. While working a summer job, me and 2 frat brothers decided to go to the Olympics in Montreal, which we did. We figured that none of us would ever get another chance to go. Turns out, in 1996 I went again, this time with my wife and kids.
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Posted on 7/5/24 at 5:35 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I remember a train that came to Birmingham that was a rolling museum.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 5:39 am to Btrtigerfan
Got to do the visit inside the Freedom Train. Think it stopped just south of the LSU campus. It visited every state capital.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 5:46 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
It was a hot summer day.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 6:04 am to MemphisGuy
quote:
they had special quarters
I know they're not worth anything beyond face value but I still collect any that I come across in the wild
Posted on 7/5/24 at 6:05 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Yep. Red, White, and Blue painted fire hydrants all over the city. It was without question the biggest Fourth of July celebration I’ve ever experienced as well.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 6:10 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I had to work but I was was getting double time and a half.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 6:25 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I remember the amazing fireworks shows on TV.
I was 13 at the time.
I was 13 at the time.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 7:40 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I got married in 76’.
Still married.
that’s all I got.
Still married.
that’s all I got.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 7:52 am to BobABooey
quote:
I also recall 7Up made special cans with some random looking colors on the back. When you collected all of them and stacked them in a pyramid, it made a big picture of Uncle Sam.
It took forever to find the last two cans, but I still have them today, in a trash bag in the attic.
It was my last year of high school and the teachers all pushed us to chose red, white, and blue for our class colors. So we overwhelmingly voted for dark blue/light blue. Never tell HS students what to do.
We won the neighborhood fireplug painting contest with a US flag design. Watched the July 4 fireworks in downtown Pittsburgh, it was a great show. It was a good time to be in Pittsburgh, the Steelers won the Superbowl, Pitt won the college championship, the Pirates still had a good team, and the Penguins were on the rise.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 7:53 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I member
Posted on 7/5/24 at 7:54 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Heck yeah! I was eight years old. It was hot as hell outside that day. We watched President Ford ring the Liberty Bell on TV then went out and rode around in Dad's '57 Thunderbird for a few hours. No A/C in it, just the top down and the wind blowing all around.
Still have my collection of pewter Bicentennial memorial plates, my old Cub Scout uniform with the Bicentennial neckerchief and slide, and all kinds of other stuff. I'm hoping to get it all out again for the 2026 250th Independence Day. (What would that even be called?)
Still have my collection of pewter Bicentennial memorial plates, my old Cub Scout uniform with the Bicentennial neckerchief and slide, and all kinds of other stuff. I'm hoping to get it all out again for the 2026 250th Independence Day. (What would that even be called?)
Posted on 7/5/24 at 7:59 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I was 6 years old. Main thing I remember is collecting these…
Posted on 7/5/24 at 8:04 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Vividly. People were still patriotic Americans too 
Flags and patriotism every where you looked!!
Flags and patriotism every where you looked!!Posted on 7/5/24 at 8:08 am to GreenRockTiger
quote:
I wasn’t born yet
The fact that so many on this board were, explains some of the lunacy here at times... and the poli board.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 8:24 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Was at my grandparents eating a ton of good food and laying on the couch watching the festivities on TV.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 8:25 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
<——Shook Gerald R Ford’s hand in September of ‘76.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 8:31 am to MemphisGuy
quote:
And they had special quarters.
I've been collecting them for years. Everyone painted fire hydrants to look like Continental Soldiers
Posted on 7/5/24 at 8:38 am to OWLFAN86
quote:What country's military were they in?
we had dads that were in Nam
yeah that was 4th of July that day 1976
Posted on 7/5/24 at 8:45 am to BobABooey
Remember that too, but it wasn't random, if you count there are 50 cans, and each can on the front green section also had an outline, name and info of a corresponding STATE. 50 states, 50 cans.
This post was edited on 7/5/24 at 8:47 am
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