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 Sail

Operation Sail - 1976

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Bicentennial Button Board

Collect ‘em all!

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Bicentennial Amtrak

Best way to travel the the country in 1976 - the AMTRAK U.S.A. Rail Pass!

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Bicentennial Exxon

Three great videos from Exxon’s Spirit of America Bicentennial series.

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Bicentennial Minute January 8, 1976

A Bicentennial Minute minute from January 8th, 1976 featuring actor/director Lawrence Luckinbill who some may remember as Sybok, Spock’s half-brother from Star Trek V. He’s also married to Lucy Arnaz.

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Bicentennial Human Fly

On June 19, 1976, stuntman "The Human Fly," performed a legendary aviation stunt by riding strapped to the roof of a Douglas DC-8 passenger jet over the Mojave desert. The stunt inspired Marvel Comics to launch a comic book series about him in 1977, marketing him as "The wildest super-hero ever – because he's REAL!"

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Bicentennial Sugar

When you need a “Revolutionary recipe” turn to Imperial Sugar.

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Bicentennial Blue Bonnet

In 1976, what did America want now? Blue Bonnet spread, of course.

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Bicentennial Endorsement

ARBA never lies.

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Bicentennial Satchmo

When you think Exxon, you think Satchmo…and the Bicentennial.

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Bicentennial Comics

Marvel was in full Bicentennial mode in the Spring of ’76.

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Bicentennial Spider-Man

From June 2026 of the Marvel 50th anniversary Bicentennial calendar - Spider-Man’s timely arrival at the Battle of Charleston Harbor helped snatch victory from defeat.