How Americans celebrated the bicentennial: Fireworks, a Freedom Train and Farrah
In 1976, as the United States prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, the mood was ambivalent
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How Americans celebrated the bicentennial — with fireworks, a Freedom Train and Farrah
In 1976, as the United States prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, the mood was ambivalent