OMG, 50 years? [View all]

I think I have shown these before, but wanted to revisit before the weekend’s 250th. 50 years ago we celebrated our birthday with joy. I see none of that today when it should be an even more joyous celebration.

I had only been out of the Army for 2 years, returning to my civilian career, and It was before I began constant air travel, driving around the southeast for work. Wherever I saw a sign or logo of the bicentennial, I stopped and took a photo because I hoped to be here with you today to share them.

In the deck are some bicentennial painted jets from Tyndall AFB where I worked, and several photos I can’t remember where they were taken. A few were taken at Kennedy Space Center as they were painting the Vehicle Assembly Building with the bicentennial logo. I was there on a tour at that time, and little did I know that in 1984 I would return to install a telephone system serving the entire shuttle processing area. Photos from that time and a more recent visit can be seen here including a shuttle launch in 1984: https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/60-YEAR-JOURNEY-IN-PHOTOGRAPHY/A-LITTLE-BIT-OF-EVERYTHING/NASA

Go back with me to that time with a very small slide deck.
https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/PHOTOS-BACK-TO-THE-1960S/1776-CIRCA-1976

Here are a few samples of 1776 in 1976: