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50 years later: The Bicentennial celebration of 1976
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:04 am
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:04 am
Of course these are individual moments that some will argue aren’t really representative of the time. Well, I lived it. It was everywhere without America-hating protesters involved. Compare it to anything you’ve seen in 2026.
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:08 am to High C
Who remembers the fire hydrants?
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:09 am to High C
That was the year I graduated from high school.
We made a much bigger deal of it back then.
We made a much bigger deal of it back then.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:09 am to High C
I remember it like yesterday.
I still have a roll of those quarters.
Honestly, it was a remarkable nationwide celebration that lasted most of the year but really peaked over the 4th of July weekend.
It was especially big for all the states that were a part of the Original Thirteen Colonies.
I still have a roll of those quarters.
Honestly, it was a remarkable nationwide celebration that lasted most of the year but really peaked over the 4th of July weekend.
It was especially big for all the states that were a part of the Original Thirteen Colonies.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:12 am to High C
I was young, but remember it. Everything... every. single. thing. was about the bicentennial and American pride.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:13 am to High C
Basically NOBODY liked Gerald Ford as President but, by the same token, nobody thought whoever was President had anything to do with why we would want to celebrate such a thing.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:15 am to High C
That is scary.
I'm literally shaking.
I need a safe space devoid of all that red white and blue patriotism.
I'm literally shaking.
I need a safe space devoid of all that red white and blue patriotism.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:16 am to High C
> My favorite locomotive growing up. Was on my pop's mantel until he moved recently.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:18 am to Bard
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Everything... every. single. thing. was about the bicentennial and American pride.
I was nine years old, and I also remember it that way.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:18 am to High C
I remember the big deal over the tall ships coming in from across the oceans… it was everywhere.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:22 am to High C
More proof of how the libs have sucked the life out of America 
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:23 am to High C
Some car companies came out with a bicentennial logo on the new car. That didn't age well.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:25 am to High C
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It was everywhere without America-hating protesters involved.
You could have just said DEMOCRATS.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:25 am to TrueTiger
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Who remembers the fire hydrants?
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:29 am to High C
forgot about the drummer boy quarters. used to think it was so cool getting one of those randomly as a kid in the 80s
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:29 am to High C
I used to love these quarters when they came out. It was such a great time back then... less tribalism, less secularism, we were still mostly united.
No one party did this to us, unless it's called the uni-party.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:30 am to High C
I remember as a junior in high school not being able to go to Florida with my friends because of the expected violence in cities and cops as my father was a cop. Some things never change with democrats
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:31 am to captainFid
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No one party did this to us
there's blame on both sides, but the majority of blame overwhelmingly lies on the left. i dont see how anyone could make a logical argument against that. tons of people on the left openly literally hate their country and its entire history.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:12 pm to High C
Little guy with the Din O Mite shirt made me smile.
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