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SleeplessinSoCal

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27. Cherished memory from 1976...

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:15 PM

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I'd just moved to NYC from SoCal in time for the Bicentennial celebrations. Like the Tall Ships down the Hudson to the Statue of Liberty and Macy's first annual fireworks over downtown. It was big and splashy and filled to the brim with joyous people (despite a really bad economy I was completely unaware of.)

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Bicentennial images in 1976... I remember this well! [View all] QueerDuck 20 hrs ago OP

One nation under Zeus. The Wizard 20 hrs ago #1

Exactly! Jupiter bless America! QueerDuck 20 hrs ago #2

And sure enough - it did! peppertree 17 hrs ago #30

I remember some of that -misanthroptimist 20 hrs ago #3

Here are the songs I was listening to... AND STILL DO!! QueerDuck 20 hrs ago #5

Interesting -misanthroptimist 20 hrs ago #8

I hear ya... some of them were groaning clunkers! An eye-rolling bookmark of a time in my life. QueerDuck 18 hrs ago #17

So I had to count after that and I got 12 that I didn't know. LisaM 17 hrs ago #25

I did the same and got 15 Lifeafter70 17 hrs ago #29

The list is very Euro musette_sf 4 hrs ago #41

Wow! karin_sj 17 hrs ago #31

I remember about 90% of those songs BumRushDaShow 18 min ago #59

I wish I remembered it more MustLoveBeagles 20 hrs ago #4

The Great American State Fair could have been something really cool. Initech 20 hrs ago #6

And a Republican Was President MineralMan 20 hrs ago #7

Even though some of us were mad at him for pardoning Nixon. IL Dem 57 min ago #56

Sadly, Reagan was waiting in the wings. MineralMan 43 min ago #57

I was rockin' with Aerosmith, Bob Seger, Black Oak Arkansas & Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer concert RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 19 hrs ago #9

I remember much of that celebration. I watched the fireworks brer cat 19 hrs ago #10

I was on the mall in DC, totally ploughed with some friends, watching the fireworks oberle 13 hrs ago #38

I went to the glacier of Mount Hood on July 4,1976 EYESORE 9001 19 hrs ago #11

Wow! Very cool! electric_blue68 17 hrs ago #26

For a period of about three years, I went into the cascades every chance I got EYESORE 9001 7 hrs ago #39

Made a big American flag out of petunias and marigolds. PufPuf23 19 hrs ago #12

That is seriously impressive!! RockCreek 18 hrs ago #14

Wow! karynnj 18 hrs ago #20

Everything Trump touches dies. patphil 19 hrs ago #13

And the tall ships!! pat_k 18 hrs ago #15

I remember watching the Tall Ships sailing into Boston harbor. maveric 1 hr ago #49

I was in LA at the time, but my partner's family were in NY and had film. Quite a sight!! pat_k 1 hr ago #50

such a happy time... RT Atlanta 18 hrs ago #16

I remember back in '76 talking to this guy NewLarry 18 hrs ago #18

Oh I like that Unwind Your Mind 2 hrs ago #43

I remember it well and it was cool karynnj 18 hrs ago #19

And red/white/blue were THE colors for everything. Not in the tacky MAGA way... QueerDuck 18 hrs ago #21

Very cool! Been to the South Street Seaport... electric_blue68 17 hrs ago #28

I remember July 4, 1976. Americanme 18 hrs ago #22

We went to Philadelphia the Summer of '76 Billsdaughter 18 hrs ago #23

I remember seeing these images on TV in 1976 kimbutgar 17 hrs ago #24

Cherished memory from 1976... SleeplessinSoCal 17 hrs ago #27

TY for photos! electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #32

happy to share SleeplessinSoCal 16 hrs ago #35

those are great photos! thanks for posting them nt orleans 1 hr ago #47

The fireworks show was awesome William Seger 1 hr ago #51

We lived relatively near the Manhattan side of the GW Bridge so on July 4th we walked down.... electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #33

I got to march in the big Philadelphia parade with Hey Joe 16 hrs ago #34

I was there! PCIntern 6 hrs ago #40

Yes PCIntern, when we think of how far we have Hey Joe 2 hrs ago #42

Republicans under Trump: Find out what's made America great, and do the opposite. n/t Beartracks 16 hrs ago #36

I was 13, in Mr. Yarnell's 8th grade History class MerryBlooms 16 hrs ago #37

I was working at Cedar Point VGNonly 2 hrs ago #44

Watch trump try to use these purr-rat beauty 2 hrs ago #45

I was a teenager for the bicentennial SpankMe 2 hrs ago #46

There was a subdivision in Sugarland Tx with Ilsa 1 hr ago #48

I remember Bicentennial minutes, fire hydrates painted to look like Raine 1 hr ago #52

OMG... I remember the bicentennial minutes too! QueerDuck 1 hr ago #53

I was 9 - and remember the parade TBF 1 hr ago #54

The tall ships in New York harbor UpInArms 58 min ago #55

I was eight. I remember being excited about it because we talked about it alot at school Quiet Em 37 min ago #58