I vaguely remember the Bicentennial. The special quarters. Parades & fireworks. I know it was in the wake of Vietnam, and I remember MIA flags. I know it was in the middle of the Carter-Ford campaign, but I don’t remember it being a Republicans-only kind of thing. Maybe I was just young and naive.
Until around 2000 when that election turned news into a 24 hour entertainment. Citizens United 10 years later and the seeds of our division were well and truly planted.
i sorta remember it too. we were in a very small town back then, parade and big block party. the whole town was there. i would guess pretty much every small town from coast-to-coast had something similar.
I vaguely remember the Bicentennial. The special quarters. Parades & fireworks. I know it was in the wake of Vietnam, and I remember MIA flags. I know it was in the middle of the Carter-Ford campaign, but I don’t remember it being a Republicans-only kind of thing. Maybe I was just young and naive.
Genuinely, we haven’t always been this divided.
Until around 2000 when that election turned news into a 24 hour entertainment. Citizens United 10 years later and the seeds of our division were well and truly planted.
i sorta remember it too. we were in a very small town back then, parade and big block party. the whole town was there. i would guess pretty much every small town from coast-to-coast had something similar.
It wasn’t political. We were living in the same country together.
Not like now.
I just remember so much bunting. Didn’t know bunting was a thing until '76. Suddenly, red white and blue fabric draped over everything.
I’ll add pioneer wagon train, tall ship flotillas, and painting fire hydrants to your list.