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50 years later: The Bicentennial celebration of 1976

Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:04 am
Posted by High C
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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.









Posted by TrueTiger
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:08 am to
Who remembers the fire hydrants?
Posted by geauxpurple
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:09 am to
That was the year I graduated from high school.
We made a much bigger deal of it back then.
Posted by scrooster
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:09 am to
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.
Posted by Bard
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:12 am to
I was young, but remember it. Everything... every. single. thing. was about the bicentennial and American pride.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:13 am to
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 by tigerfan 64
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:15 am to
That is scary.
I'm literally shaking.
I need a safe space devoid of all that red white and blue patriotism.
Posted by captainFid
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:16 am to
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My favorite locomotive growing up. Was on my pop's mantel until he moved recently.
Posted by High C
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:18 am to
quote:

Everything... every. single. thing. was about the bicentennial and American pride.


I was nine years old, and I also remember it that way.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:18 am to
I remember the big deal over the tall ships coming in from across the oceans… it was everywhere.
Posted by themunch
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:22 am to
More proof of how the libs have sucked the life out of America
Posted by Zach
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:23 am to
Some car companies came out with a bicentennial logo on the new car. That didn't age well.
Posted by MMauler
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:25 am to
quote:

It was everywhere without America-hating protesters involved.



You could have just said DEMOCRATS.
Posted by blueridgeTiger
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:25 am to
quote:

Who remembers the fire hydrants?


Posted by Sam Quint
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:29 am to
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 by captainFid
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:29 am to



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 by Nosevens
Member since Apr 2019
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:30 am to
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 by Sam Quint
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:31 am to
quote:

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 by WoodCrafter
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:12 pm to
Little guy with the Din O Mite shirt made me smile.
Posted by junkyarddawg3
Metro ATL
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:21 pm to
Nice musical lineup! Who we got this time around?
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