I was 8 and was a minute man in our town parade.

by Bryan (IrishCavan), Howth Castle and Environs, Wednesday, July 01, 2026, 05:49 (21 days ago) @ NDinVA
edited by Bryan (IrishCavan), Wednesday, July 01, 2026, 05:53

1976 wasn't a great time -- Watergate was recent memory, US was defeated in Vietnam a few years earlier, unemployment was almost 10% and inflation was @13%, the price of gas had recently quadrupled. But not many people fretted the end of democracy in the country. It all seems quaint now, but people were excited. I don't get that at all at the moment.

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The Great American State Fair was a good idea… - bk, 2026-06-30, 14:17
- There was one? - Jeff (BGS), 2026-07-01, 18:46
- It's a damn shame - Greg, 2026-07-01, 14:26
- Yes. In addition to it being not well publicized at all. - BillyGoat, 2026-07-01, 06:26
  - We have had some events in our department - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2026-07-01, 06:37
- How many of you remember the 1976 Bicentennial? - NDinVA, 2026-06-30, 22:18
  - The bicentennial was huge -- - omahadomer, 2026-07-02, 18:10
  - I missed it by, hmmph, a bit less than a year... - nedhead, 2026-07-01, 06:00
  - I was 8 and was a minute man in our town parade. - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2026-07-01, 05:49
    - I feel like most people just want it to come and go. - Chris, 2026-07-01, 05:58
      - It’s like the happiness we felt back in the summer of 1976 - NDinVA, 2026-07-01, 13:55
        
        In all those horrible, horrible blue cities. - Chris, 2026-07-02, 07:29
      - That's where I've been. But some combination of Robert - BillyGoat, 2026-07-01, 06:31
        
        Uh, I think your math is a bit off there, BG - BPH, 2026-07-01, 09:55
        
        Shut up. I was a PLS major. - BillyGoat, 2026-07-01, 09:59
  - formative memory at 6 years old - Jay, 2026-07-01, 03:45
- This could have been a really great idea and a lot of fun. - Chris, 2026-06-30, 14:30

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I was 8 and was a minute man in our town parade.