@MissConstrue@mefi.social
I could not agree more!
I found more photos from that event:
https://historycollection.com/26-photographs-americas-1976-bicentennial-celebration/
It was good to scroll thru them.
I was about five years older than the kid at the top of this photo. You can tell that they were glad to be part of a whole. And it was a hopeful time... we were getting our act together. We were righting wrongs. For context, these are the things that were on my mind at that time...
The first
#Oil #Crisis 🛢️
#Watergate 🕵️
#Racism and the
#CivilRights Movement ✊🏾
The
#VietnamWar (I was subject to the draft.) 🪖
The
#ColdWar with its attendant
#Nuclear Dread 🤯
My friends and I were particularly concerned about protecting the
#Environment 🌲 , tried to avoid cars, and rode our
#bicycles everywhere. 🚴
So what about the
#Semiquincentennial? Let's say it's a celebration deferred. We need to get our act together, we need to right some wrongs, we need to start feeling AND acting like a whole again.
We've made a start, we can do it, and when we're on the right track again I'll be there with you all to celebrate! 💕 🇺🇸