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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 Yesterday OP

One nation under Zeus. The Wizard Yesterday #1

Exactly! Jupiter bless America! QueerDuck Yesterday #2

And sure enough - it did! peppertree Yesterday #30

I remember some of that -misanthroptimist Yesterday #3

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

Interesting -misanthroptimist Yesterday #8

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

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

I did the same and got 15 Lifeafter70 Yesterday #29

The list is very Euro musette_sf 11 hrs ago #41

Wow! karin_sj Yesterday #31

I remember about 90% of those songs BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #59

They left out Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John. We were told it was recorded for the bicentennial, LeftInTX 5 hrs ago #65

"All By Myself" should have NEVER been released! It's been a blemish on society! LeftInTX 4 hrs ago #66

I agree. It's a bad one. QueerDuck 3 hrs ago #72

Fondly recall "Afternoon Delight" -- it was sweet and happy. Thanks for the memory. nt allegorical oracle 3 hrs ago #71

I wish I remembered it more MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #4

The Great American State Fair could have been something really cool. Initech Yesterday #6

And a Republican Was President MineralMan Yesterday #7

Even though some of us were mad at him for pardoning Nixon. IL Dem 8 hrs ago #56

Sadly, Reagan was waiting in the wings. MineralMan 7 hrs ago #57

Reagan's men convinced Iran to hold on to the American hostages SharonAnn 6 hrs ago #61

Reagan came to my Wisconsin campus in Jan 1976 LeftInTX 4 hrs ago #68

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

I remember much of that celebration. I watched the fireworks brer cat Yesterday #10

I was on the mall in DC, totally ploughed with some friends, watching the fireworks oberle 20 hrs ago #38

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

Wow! Very cool! electric_blue68 Yesterday #26

For a period of about three years, I went into the cascades every chance I got EYESORE 9001 14 hrs ago #39

The ones I knew of were Rainier, Hood and Shasta.... electric_blue68 6 hrs ago #60

Made a big American flag out of petunias and marigolds. PufPuf23 Yesterday #12

That is seriously impressive!! RockCreek Yesterday #14

Wow! karynnj Yesterday #20

Everything Trump touches dies. patphil Yesterday #13

And the tall ships!! pat_k Yesterday #15

I remember watching the Tall Ships sailing into Boston harbor. maveric 8 hrs 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 8 hrs ago #50

That's what I remember about it also! llmart 5 hrs ago #63

such a happy time... RT Atlanta Yesterday #16

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

Oh I like that Unwind Your Mind 9 hrs ago #43

I remember it well and it was cool karynnj Yesterday #19

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

Very cool! Been to the South Street Seaport... electric_blue68 Yesterday #28

I remember July 4, 1976. Americanme Yesterday #22

We went to Philadelphia the Summer of '76 Billsdaughter Yesterday #23

I remember seeing these images on TV in 1976 kimbutgar Yesterday #24

Cherished memory from 1976... SleeplessinSoCal Yesterday #27

TY for photos! electric_blue68 Yesterday #32

happy to share SleeplessinSoCal 23 hrs ago #35

those are great photos! thanks for posting them nt orleans 8 hrs ago #47

The fireworks show was awesome William Seger 8 hrs ago #51

I was there too. Wasn't it amazing? Scrivener7 4 hrs ago #67

We lived relatively near the Manhattan side of the GW Bridge so on July 4th we walked down.... electric_blue68 23 hrs ago #33

I got to march in the big Philadelphia parade with Hey Joe 23 hrs ago #34

I was there! PCIntern 13 hrs ago #40

Yes PCIntern, when we think of how far we have Hey Joe 9 hrs ago #42

Republicans under Trump: Find out what's made America great, and do the opposite. n/t Beartracks 23 hrs ago #36

I was 13, in Mr. Yarnell's 8th grade History class MerryBlooms 23 hrs ago #37

I was working at Cedar Point VGNonly 9 hrs ago #44

Watch trump try to use these purr-rat beauty 9 hrs ago #45

I was a teenager for the bicentennial SpankMe 9 hrs ago #46

There was a subdivision in Sugarland Tx with Ilsa 8 hrs ago #48

I remember Bicentennial minutes, fire hydrates painted to look like Raine 8 hrs ago #52

OMG... I remember the bicentennial minutes too! QueerDuck 8 hrs ago #53

I was 9 - and remember the parade TBF 8 hrs ago #54

The tall ships in New York harbor UpInArms 8 hrs ago #55

I was eight. I remember being excited about it because we talked about it alot at school Quiet Em 7 hrs ago #58

Similar except the beer was Old Milwaukee MorbidButterflyTat 4 hrs ago #69

lol Quiet Em 4 hrs ago #70

I was just a tot but I remember the cool bicentennial quarters. miyazaki 6 hrs ago #62

I saw Operation Sail from Liberty Island in NYC Glaisne 5 hrs ago #64