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BadgerMom

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16. What happened in the last 50 years?

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2026, 08:27 PM

16 hrs ago

Oh, you all know. Reagan, Iran Contra, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, the Brooks Brothers riot, the theft of the 2000 election, 9/11, the misbegotten attack on Iraq, the 2008 financial meltdown, Obama’s election which caused racist heads to explode, Cambridge Analytica, Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election right until today. It makes my head and my heart ache. And I blame the Republicans.

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What the 250th anniversary of our country could be for those too young to remember 1976 [View all] senseandsensibility 17 hrs ago OP

We were all united in pride and love of our country. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #1

We knew back then that the Country had its problems and flaws... COL Mustard 16 hrs ago #9

Time will tell. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #10

This was before Ronald Reagan LiberalArkie 16 hrs ago #12

Ronald Reagan was the beginning the ugly America we know today. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #13

Many companies and products issued special Bicentennial Editions bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #2

Dad bought all three of us kids the bicentennial coin collection slightlv 15 hrs ago #22

I remember the Bicentennial Train Inkey 17 hrs ago #3

I lived outside of Philly and the celebrations went on for 12 months BigmanPigman 17 hrs ago #4

IIRC, it was an 18-24 month ramp up to the big celebration Fiendish Thingy 17 hrs ago #5

I miss the emphasis on education senseandsensibility 16 hrs ago #8

I do remember the historical moments. slightlv 15 hrs ago #23

I remember the "Tall Ships" coming to Boston on July 4th bottomofthehill 17 hrs ago #6

Yes! My son and I were there at the Boston Harbor and we saw the Tall Ships FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #15

I was not much older than your son bottomofthehill 15 hrs ago #19

I worked in steel mill at the time, we painted all the rolling mills and railroad doc03 17 hrs ago #7

I think I still have a commemorative 7-up soda bottle Raven123 16 hrs ago #11

I remember the commemorative quarters wnylib 14 hrs ago #33

You know what sucked about the bicentennial? Teacher of the Year 16 hrs ago #14

Rit Dye was around back in those days FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #18

What happened in the last 50 years? BadgerMom 16 hrs ago #16

From My Hometown in SE PA modrepub 15 hrs ago #17

I came to America to live on July 4th, 1976. JMCKUSICK 15 hrs ago #20

Hard to believe it's been fifty years BeneteauBum 15 hrs ago #21

Was just saying this at breakfast lostnfound 15 hrs ago #24

The Bicentennial '76 concert I attended featured Aerosmith, Bob Seger, Black Oak Arkansas, Jeff Beck & Jan Hammer. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 15 hrs ago #25

I remember the Bicentennial Trail GenThePerservering 15 hrs ago #26

Anybody remember owning the wonderful educational book put out by the USPS called "Stamps and Stories"? Efilroft Sul 15 hrs ago #27

I was in Moscow on July 4, 1976 catbyte 15 hrs ago #28

Pukes were on the ropes in 76, it was great. Then 50 years of puke sabotage and we are hanging on by a thread Blues Heron 15 hrs ago #29

You couldn't escape the celebration in 1976... Gore1FL 14 hrs ago #30

I marched in the huge bicentennial parade in Hey Joe 14 hrs ago #31

I was teaching in Seattle and took my class to tour the Freedom Train. There were other school groups there that day. KitFox 14 hrs ago #32

That was the year we were married. July 4th Emile 13 hrs ago #34

I don't remember any Bicentennial politics hunter 12 hrs ago #35

In 1975, I walked into my elementary classroom with a "Spirit of 76" t-shirt on. My teacher looked at and said, C Moon 11 hrs ago #36