My Bicentennial Memories

I’m not sure I believe in fate, but there must be a reason why I could never bring myself to throw out my Ross Bicentennial bicycle. My parents, despite complaining about its prolonged residence in the cellar of 1710 78th street, could never bring themselves to roll the bike out with Tuesday trash (something they had no issue doing with all my other toys and preciouses). Maybe I or they knew the Bicentennial would be something I’d one day revisit. Or maybe we all knew, as long as the bike remained, so would those wonderful hazy summer day memories of years past.

Keep checking back, I’ll be adding some wonderful star-spangled, red, white, and blue blasts from the past as we countdown to America 250.

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Bicentennial Baby

Professional wrestler Big Bad John donned the stars and stripes to adopt the moniker of “The Bicentennial Baby” in 1976.

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Bicentennial Ice Cream 2

Happy National Ice Cream Day. I’ll have a scoop of Yankee Doodle Double Fudge Marble please.

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Bicentennial Minute July 4, 1976

Transcript from Betty Ford’s Bicentennial Minute delivered on July 4, 1976.

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Bicentennial Intrepid

The USS Intrepid first served as a Museum Exhibit as part of our nation’s Bicentennial celebration before officially opening in 1982.

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Bicentennial Times July’75

President Ford’s letter signaling the Countdown to the Bicentennial headlines the front page of the July 1975 edition of the Bicentennial Times.

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Bicentennial Countdown

As soon as the calendar turned to July 1975, the Bicentennial countdown kicked into full gear. While I have the original, this is from the special Marvel 50th anniversary reproduction of its 1975 calendar.

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A Week of Bicentennial Minutes

From the National Archives, CBS’s schedule of Bicentennial Minutes for the week leading up to July 4th, 1976. Cool letterhead.

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Bicentennial Budweiser

A special Bicentennial message from Budweiser.

And remember - when you say Budweiser, you’ve said it all.

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Bicentennial Glasses 3

I said no more glasses, I said no more glasses…

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Bicentennial Salute

To celebrate Flag Day, a variant cover from the forthcoming new Captain America #1. The cover represents Marvel’s celebration of America 250 by paying homage to their 1976 Bicentennial Calendar.