26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration

26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
Empire State Building lighted for the Bicentennial. Smithsonian Institution.

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
Fireworks over the Statue of Liberty in the Bicentennial Independence Day Celebration, 1976. Reddit

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
A huge crowd celebrates the mall in Washington on Sunday, July 4 1976. Pinterest

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
A Russian dancer in lower Manhattan celebrates the American Bicentennial in 1976. Katrina Thomas, New York Folklore Society

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
Charles Mingus at a performance for the U.S. Bicentennial in New York City, New York, July 4, 1976 Photo by Tom Marcello. Pinterest

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
Peoples Bicentennial Commission at Boston Tea Party reenactment, Faneuil Hall. Digital Commonwealth

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
Children celebrate the bicentennial. fansinaflashbulb

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
James Rhoads of the National Archives prepares to cut a Bicentennial birthday cake in Washington D.C. Standing next to Rhoads is actor Glenn Taylor dressed in colonial costume, who read the Declaration of Independence during the ceremony. AP

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
Democratic Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter holds an baby during a Bicentennial celebration near Lumpkin, GA. AP

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
American Freedom Train. Wikipedia

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
First Lady Betty Ford, with President Ford, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in the President’s Dining Room in conjunction with a 1976 state visit during the U.S. Bicentennial. fordlibrarymuseum

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26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
Bicentennial Bell. Friends of Independence National Historical Park

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Sources For Further Reading:

Telegram – July 4, 1976: US Celebrates Bicentennial

Nixon Library – FG 370 (American Revolution Bicentennial Administration)

Ford Library Museum – American Bicentennial Celebration

Arkansas Democratic Gazette – Bicentennial Bell, Gift From U.K., Put Away

Medium – What the 200th Celebration of America Would Have Looked Like with Social Media

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