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Initech

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6. The Great American State Fair could have been something really cool.

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 04:42 PM

22 hrs ago

But nope, we just had to have the fucking asshole back in power, who turned it into a celebration about himself and his twisted version of... whatever the hell he wants America to be, and we got this bullshit instead.

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Bicentennial images in 1976... I remember this well! [View all] QueerDuck 22 hrs ago OP

One nation under Zeus. The Wizard 22 hrs ago #1

Exactly! Jupiter bless America! QueerDuck 22 hrs ago #2

And sure enough - it did! peppertree 19 hrs ago #30

I remember some of that -misanthroptimist 22 hrs ago #3

Here are the songs I was listening to... AND STILL DO!! QueerDuck 22 hrs ago #5

Interesting -misanthroptimist 21 hrs ago #8

I hear ya... some of them were groaning clunkers! An eye-rolling bookmark of a time in my life. QueerDuck 20 hrs ago #17

So I had to count after that and I got 12 that I didn't know. LisaM 19 hrs ago #25

I did the same and got 15 Lifeafter70 19 hrs ago #29

The list is very Euro musette_sf 6 hrs ago #41

Wow! karin_sj 19 hrs ago #31

I remember about 90% of those songs BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #59

I wish I remembered it more MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #4

The Great American State Fair could have been something really cool. Initech 22 hrs ago #6

And a Republican Was President MineralMan 21 hrs ago #7

Even though some of us were mad at him for pardoning Nixon. IL Dem 2 hrs ago #56

Sadly, Reagan was waiting in the wings. MineralMan 2 hrs ago #57

Reagan's men convinced Iran to hold on to the American hostages SharonAnn 1 hr ago #61

I was rockin' with Aerosmith, Bob Seger, Black Oak Arkansas & Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer concert RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 21 hrs ago #9

I remember much of that celebration. I watched the fireworks brer cat 21 hrs ago #10

I was on the mall in DC, totally ploughed with some friends, watching the fireworks oberle 15 hrs ago #38

I went to the glacier of Mount Hood on July 4,1976 EYESORE 9001 21 hrs ago #11

Wow! Very cool! electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #26

For a period of about three years, I went into the cascades every chance I got EYESORE 9001 9 hrs ago #39

The ones I knew of were Rainier, Hood and Shasta.... electric_blue68 1 hr ago #60

Made a big American flag out of petunias and marigolds. PufPuf23 21 hrs ago #12

That is seriously impressive!! RockCreek 20 hrs ago #14

Wow! karynnj 20 hrs ago #20

Everything Trump touches dies. patphil 21 hrs ago #13

And the tall ships!! pat_k 20 hrs ago #15

I remember watching the Tall Ships sailing into Boston harbor. maveric 3 hrs ago #49

I was in LA at the time, but my partner's family were in NY and had film. Quite a sight!! pat_k 3 hrs ago #50

That's what I remember about it also! llmart 18 min ago #63

such a happy time... RT Atlanta 20 hrs ago #16

I remember back in '76 talking to this guy NewLarry 20 hrs ago #18

Oh I like that Unwind Your Mind 4 hrs ago #43

I remember it well and it was cool karynnj 20 hrs ago #19

And red/white/blue were THE colors for everything. Not in the tacky MAGA way... QueerDuck 20 hrs ago #21

Very cool! Been to the South Street Seaport... electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #28

I remember July 4, 1976. Americanme 20 hrs ago #22

We went to Philadelphia the Summer of '76 Billsdaughter 20 hrs ago #23

I remember seeing these images on TV in 1976 kimbutgar 19 hrs ago #24

Cherished memory from 1976... SleeplessinSoCal 19 hrs ago #27

TY for photos! electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #32

happy to share SleeplessinSoCal 18 hrs ago #35

those are great photos! thanks for posting them nt orleans 3 hrs ago #47

The fireworks show was awesome William Seger 3 hrs ago #51

We lived relatively near the Manhattan side of the GW Bridge so on July 4th we walked down.... electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #33

I got to march in the big Philadelphia parade with Hey Joe 18 hrs ago #34

I was there! PCIntern 8 hrs ago #40

Yes PCIntern, when we think of how far we have Hey Joe 4 hrs ago #42

Republicans under Trump: Find out what's made America great, and do the opposite. n/t Beartracks 18 hrs ago #36

I was 13, in Mr. Yarnell's 8th grade History class MerryBlooms 18 hrs ago #37

I was working at Cedar Point VGNonly 4 hrs ago #44

Watch trump try to use these purr-rat beauty 4 hrs ago #45

I was a teenager for the bicentennial SpankMe 4 hrs ago #46

There was a subdivision in Sugarland Tx with Ilsa 3 hrs ago #48

I remember Bicentennial minutes, fire hydrates painted to look like Raine 3 hrs ago #52

OMG... I remember the bicentennial minutes too! QueerDuck 3 hrs ago #53

I was 9 - and remember the parade TBF 3 hrs ago #54

The tall ships in New York harbor UpInArms 2 hrs ago #55

I was eight. I remember being excited about it because we talked about it alot at school Quiet Em 2 hrs ago #58

I was just a tot but I remember the cool bicentennial quarters. miyazaki 1 hr ago #62

I saw Operation Sail from Liberty Island in NYC Glaisne 6 min ago #64