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

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 08:44 PM

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Or, rather: Assume things you don't personally like are a national crisis, and try to fix them.

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Bicentennial images in 1976... I remember this well! [View all] QueerDuck 19 hrs ago OP

One nation under Zeus. The Wizard 19 hrs ago #1

Exactly! Jupiter bless America! QueerDuck 19 hrs ago #2

And sure enough - it did! peppertree 16 hrs ago #30

I remember some of that -misanthroptimist 19 hrs ago #3

Here are the songs I was listening to... AND STILL DO!! QueerDuck 19 hrs ago #5

Interesting -misanthroptimist 18 hrs ago #8

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

So I had to count after that and I got 12 that I didn't know. LisaM 16 hrs ago #25

I did the same and got 15 Lifeafter70 16 hrs ago #29

The list is very Euro musette_sf 3 hrs ago #41

Wow! karin_sj 16 hrs ago #31

I wish I remembered it more MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #4

The Great American State Fair could have been something really cool. Initech 19 hrs ago #6

And a Republican Was President MineralMan 18 hrs ago #7

I was rockin' with Aerosmith, Bob Seger, Black Oak Arkansas & Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer concert RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 18 hrs ago #9

I remember much of that celebration. I watched the fireworks brer cat 18 hrs ago #10

I was on the mall in DC, totally ploughed with some friends, watching the fireworks oberle 12 hrs ago #38

I went to the glacier of Mount Hood on July 4,1976 EYESORE 9001 18 hrs ago #11

Wow! Very cool! electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #26

For a period of about three years, I went into the cascades every chance I got EYESORE 9001 6 hrs ago #39

Made a big American flag out of petunias and marigolds. PufPuf23 18 hrs ago #12

That is seriously impressive!! RockCreek 17 hrs ago #14

Wow! karynnj 17 hrs ago #20

Everything Trump touches dies. patphil 18 hrs ago #13

And the tall ships!! pat_k 17 hrs ago #15

I remember watching the Tall Ships sailing into Boston harbor. maveric 12 min 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 6 min ago #50

such a happy time... RT Atlanta 17 hrs ago #16

I remember back in '76 talking to this guy NewLarry 17 hrs ago #18

Oh I like that Unwind Your Mind 1 hr ago #43

I remember it well and it was cool karynnj 17 hrs ago #19

And red/white/blue were THE colors for everything. Not in the tacky MAGA way... QueerDuck 17 hrs ago #21

Very cool! Been to the South Street Seaport... electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #28

I remember July 4, 1976. Americanme 16 hrs ago #22

We went to Philadelphia the Summer of '76 Billsdaughter 16 hrs ago #23

I remember seeing these images on TV in 1976 kimbutgar 16 hrs ago #24

Cherished memory from 1976... SleeplessinSoCal 16 hrs ago #27

TY for photos! electric_blue68 15 hrs ago #32

happy to share SleeplessinSoCal 15 hrs ago #35

those are great photos! thanks for posting them nt orleans 22 min ago #47

The fireworks show was awesome William Seger 2 min ago #51

We lived relatively near the Manhattan side of the GW Bridge so on July 4th we walked down.... electric_blue68 15 hrs ago #33

I got to march in the big Philadelphia parade with Hey Joe 15 hrs ago #34

I was there! PCIntern 5 hrs ago #40

Yes PCIntern, when we think of how far we have Hey Joe 1 hr ago #42

Republicans under Trump: Find out what's made America great, and do the opposite. n/t Beartracks 15 hrs ago #36

I was 13, in Mr. Yarnell's 8th grade History class MerryBlooms 15 hrs ago #37

I was working at Cedar Point VGNonly 1 hr ago #44

Watch trump try to use these purr-rat beauty 1 hr ago #45

I was a teenager for the bicentennial SpankMe 57 min ago #46

There was a subdivision in Sugarland Tx with Ilsa 18 min ago #48

I remember Bicentennial minutes, fire hydrates painted to look like Raine 13 sec ago #52