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Billsdaughter

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23. We went to Philadelphia the Summer of '76

Reply to QueerDuck (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:53 PM

5 hrs ago

and it was spectacular!! We spent two weeks in Philly taking it all in and then down the shore to cool off! Great times.

Trump can shit all over everything but he can't take our collective national pride and our fellowship of community that we have with one another. Let's celebrate THAT!

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Bicentennial images in 1976... I remember this well! [View all] QueerDuck 7 hrs ago OP

One nation under Zeus. The Wizard 7 hrs ago #1

Exactly! Jupiter bless America! QueerDuck 7 hrs ago #2

And sure enough - it did! peppertree 4 hrs ago #30

I remember some of that -misanthroptimist 7 hrs ago #3

Here are the songs I was listening to... AND STILL DO!! QueerDuck 7 hrs ago #5

Interesting -misanthroptimist 6 hrs ago #8

I hear ya... some of them were groaning clunkers! An eye-rolling bookmark of a time in my life. QueerDuck 5 hrs ago #17

So I had to count after that and I got 12 that I didn't know. LisaM 4 hrs ago #25

I did the same and got 15 Lifeafter70 4 hrs ago #29

Wow! karin_sj 4 hrs ago #31

I wish I remembered it more MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #4

The Great American State Fair could have been something really cool. Initech 7 hrs ago #6

And a Republican Was President MineralMan 7 hrs ago #7

I was rockin' with Aerosmith, Bob Seger, Black Oak Arkansas & Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer concert RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 6 hrs ago #9

I remember much of that celebration. I watched the fireworks brer cat 6 hrs ago #10

I was on the mall in DC, totally ploughed with some friends, watching the fireworks oberle 25 min ago #38

I went to the glacier of Mount Hood on July 4,1976 EYESORE 9001 6 hrs ago #11

Wow! Very cool! electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #26

Made a big American flag out of petunias and marigolds. PufPuf23 6 hrs ago #12

That is seriously impressive!! RockCreek 5 hrs ago #14

Wow! karynnj 5 hrs ago #20

Everything Trump touches dies. patphil 6 hrs ago #13

And the tall ships!! pat_k 5 hrs ago #15

such a happy time... RT Atlanta 5 hrs ago #16

I remember back in '76 talking to this guy NewLarry 5 hrs ago #18

I remember it well and it was cool karynnj 5 hrs ago #19

And red/white/blue were THE colors for everything. Not in the tacky MAGA way... QueerDuck 5 hrs ago #21

Very cool! Been to the South Street Seaport... electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #28

I remember July 4, 1976. Americanme 5 hrs ago #22

We went to Philadelphia the Summer of '76 Billsdaughter 5 hrs ago #23

I remember seeing these images on TV in 1976 kimbutgar 4 hrs ago #24

Cherished memory from 1976... SleeplessinSoCal 4 hrs ago #27

TY for photos! electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #32

happy to share SleeplessinSoCal 3 hrs ago #35

We lived relatively near the Manhattan side of the GW Bridge so on July 4th we walked down.... electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #33

I got to march in the big Philadelphia parade with Hey Joe 3 hrs ago #34

Republicans under Trump: Find out what's made America great, and do the opposite. n/t Beartracks 3 hrs ago #36

I was 13, in Mr. Yarnell's 8th grade History class MerryBlooms 3 hrs ago #37