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10. I remember much of that celebration. I watched the fireworks

Reply to QueerDuck (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:15 PM

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from across the river in Arlington.

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Bicentennial images in 1976... I remember this well! [View all] QueerDuck 15 hrs ago OP

One nation under Zeus. The Wizard 15 hrs ago #1

Exactly! Jupiter bless America! QueerDuck 15 hrs ago #2

And sure enough - it did! peppertree 12 hrs ago #30

I remember some of that -misanthroptimist 15 hrs ago #3

Here are the songs I was listening to... AND STILL DO!! QueerDuck 15 hrs ago #5

Interesting -misanthroptimist 14 hrs ago #8

I hear ya... some of them were groaning clunkers! An eye-rolling bookmark of a time in my life. QueerDuck 13 hrs ago #17

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

I did the same and got 15 Lifeafter70 12 hrs ago #29

Wow! karin_sj 12 hrs ago #31

I wish I remembered it more MustLoveBeagles 15 hrs ago #4

The Great American State Fair could have been something really cool. Initech 15 hrs ago #6

And a Republican Was President MineralMan 14 hrs ago #7

I was rockin' with Aerosmith, Bob Seger, Black Oak Arkansas & Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer concert RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 14 hrs ago #9

I remember much of that celebration. I watched the fireworks brer cat 14 hrs ago #10

I was on the mall in DC, totally ploughed with some friends, watching the fireworks oberle 8 hrs ago #38

I went to the glacier of Mount Hood on July 4,1976 EYESORE 9001 14 hrs ago #11

Wow! Very cool! electric_blue68 12 hrs ago #26

For a period of about three years, I went into the cascades every chance I got EYESORE 9001 2 hrs ago #39

Made a big American flag out of petunias and marigolds. PufPuf23 14 hrs ago #12

That is seriously impressive!! RockCreek 13 hrs ago #14

Wow! karynnj 13 hrs ago #20

Everything Trump touches dies. patphil 14 hrs ago #13

And the tall ships!! pat_k 13 hrs ago #15

such a happy time... RT Atlanta 13 hrs ago #16

I remember back in '76 talking to this guy NewLarry 13 hrs ago #18

I remember it well and it was cool karynnj 13 hrs ago #19

And red/white/blue were THE colors for everything. Not in the tacky MAGA way... QueerDuck 13 hrs ago #21

Very cool! Been to the South Street Seaport... electric_blue68 12 hrs ago #28

I remember July 4, 1976. Americanme 13 hrs ago #22

We went to Philadelphia the Summer of '76 Billsdaughter 12 hrs ago #23

I remember seeing these images on TV in 1976 kimbutgar 12 hrs ago #24

Cherished memory from 1976... SleeplessinSoCal 12 hrs ago #27

TY for photos! electric_blue68 11 hrs ago #32

happy to share SleeplessinSoCal 11 hrs ago #35

We lived relatively near the Manhattan side of the GW Bridge so on July 4th we walked down.... electric_blue68 11 hrs ago #33

I got to march in the big Philadelphia parade with Hey Joe 11 hrs ago #34

I was there! PCIntern 1 hr ago #40

Republicans under Trump: Find out what's made America great, and do the opposite. n/t Beartracks 11 hrs ago #36

I was 13, in Mr. Yarnell's 8th grade History class MerryBlooms 11 hrs ago #37