Remembering The BiCenennial 1976

Brookwood

Funny that today I am having flashbacks of our great Bicentennial all those years ago! I was just 20 years old, married with our first son, an AIC in the United States Air Force. Made it home on leave to catch all of the local 4th of July activities. Remember listening to a new 8 track tape while driving home, Peter Frampton singing "I want you...show me the way....every day.....

Seeing all of the Bicentennial road signs along the highways. It was a great time here in the USA to be alive!

I should ask. Do any of you remember what you were doing on July 4, 1976?

bearman49709

I had a friend over, grilled hamburgers had pork & beans and chips to go with them.

Sam06

I was probably down at the river drinking beer from a keg and smoking some left handed cigarettes :shock:

Then I went and necked with some girl in my 65 Merc marauder I would bet when I brought her home her Dad was not happy :oops:

savage170

Our little town had a parade that morning that I participated in High school band . Then they had several baseball games for the afternoon and the beer garden. Later that evening the had a tractor pull which I was able to win my class with a Oliver88

WearyTraveler

Brookwood wrote:

I should ask. Do any of you remember what you were doing on July 4, 1976?

At Camp LeJeune. Probably half lit. No - mostly lit... :P

varian

yep, in southeast asia at the time.

buschmaster

setting off fireworks. we were being a lot more careful because the previous year we set the field on fire and the fire department had to come put it out. I don't know how many acres that was, maybe 3 square blocks

fatcat458

l still have maybe $50 worth of uncirculated BiCentennial Halves :!:

ltcdoty

Directing traffic on the PD ....loads of cars at a huge fireworks display.

He Dog

I sat on the roof of a three story house in South St. Louis and watched the fireworks on the river front. Probably the largest such show I have ever seen.

papernicker

I had my new box of Win. 30/30 commems. Still have it and bought the few that remained from the same gunstore, a few yrs ago, before he passed away

select-fire

Swimming in Lake Erie getting ready to get married.

diver-rig

I was 6 years old. I was probably impatiently waiting to head into town for the big fireworks display.

oldemagics

Bi Centennial wagon train, anyone remember that?
some of the b&w pics 16 yr old me took...

first pic, that is one of my uncles on the left


some civilians with "military grade weapons"


couple off to start a new life


view back along the wagons

savage170

oldemagics wrote:

Bi Centennial wagon train, anyone remember that?
some of the b&w pics 16 yr old me took...

first pic, that is one of my uncles on the left


some civilians with "military grade weapons"


couple off to start a new life


view back along the wagons

I remember that. I had a few picture when it went thru our area I don't no what happened to them