The America We Knew: July 1976 (Part 2)

[@flicewatter]

America 🇺🇸 was the most awesome place on earth 🌎 in 1976..

[@terrypresnell2563]

I was born in 1976 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@humbleevidenceaccepter7712]

President Ford had declared that 2PM, July 4th, 1976 was the exact moment of the Bicentennial. My sisters and I rang a "Bicentennial Bell" that my Mom got for the occasion. At 2 o'clock we took turns ringing the handbell on our back porch. I was 11. I have that bell now and will ring it with my grandson in 2 years.

[@rcdoodles6214]

What a wonderful memory for you, and an endearing tradition to pass on to your grandchildren. I loved your comment, brought tears to my eyes.

[@misterwhipple2870]

I was working at a summer camp in Minnesota and we did not have a TV, but at lunchtime, we listened to CBS Radio, and they rang the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia at 1 p. m. on the dot (Central Time, of course!) Because of the huge crack in it, it cannot actually be rung. Instead, they hit it with a rubber mallet, so really I heard it BONG. But I'll never forget it. I was almost 17.

[@humbleevidenceaccepter7712]

@@misterwhipple2870 Way cool!

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@albertdeleon6272]

​@@rcdoodles6214Amergio Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@michaelrochester48]

Makes me so happy seeing this and yet it makes me so sad at the same time. Don’t know why.

[@lawnmowerman2199]

Hi Michael, I know exactly what you’re saying/feeling. Something my mom said to me when I was a little boy in the 60s-70s…..”You never know what you got, till it’s gone” So sad, I think it’s gone forever 😢 God Bless

[@gregggoss2210]

Yes sir, I know the feeling.

[@Ootgreet1]

Same. I think that's pretty much a textbook definition of the feeling of nostalgia.

[@STho205]

I guess it depends on where you live. We see most of the turmoil and confusion as videoredirded noise here in the lower Appalachians. Patriotism is still high. 4th parades were in every tiwn Thu or Sat. Fireworks were attended in droves. I see people of all stripes getting along and respectfully in publuc. Towns look nicer and more Norman Rockwell than they ever have back in 76 where many were dirty or in decay. I'm sorry that big cities have so much conflict but I was 15 in 1976...and they did then also.

[@brucep9729]

You know why

[@cunn9305]

Summer '76 wouldn't be complete without Gary Wright ... God Bless America

[@nickdigrispino2409]

True. But where was Starland Vocal Band’s Afternoon Delight?

[@dave6790]

Dont forget Starbucks "Moonlight feels right" !!!!!! What a year for music!!!!

[@Shawn666Hellion]

Silly love songs and let em in Paul McCartney and Wings

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@mickieg1118]

If I could return to any year of my life 1976 is that year.

[@Lucky-ws3hx]

Ditto

[@jeffbowen2608]

@@mickieg1118 that was the year I saw people throwing snowballs out my window in Vallejo, CA. The Bay Area almost never gets snow below the mountain peaks.

[@starmnsixty1209]

A great year. I miss it and that year so much...

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@hercules1073]

Happy Independence day! July four '76 was a wonderful time for me... now here in July four '24 has me wishing for a time machine.

[@simonagree4070]

If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@SCPackerfan]

I was 10 years old when we celebrated the Bicentennial. i vividly remember that year, especially the 4th of July. I felt like I was part of history myself.

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@marisafernandez3397]

Wow! Going back in time that I remember well. Everything and everybody was in a festive, celebratory, patriotic mood. How far we have fallen 😢

[@sodality3970]

TRUMP 2024

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@dave6790]

I was 12 years old, living in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, a 1/2 hour from the vermont border, and this event was even special to me. I loved going into Vermont and maine to shop and camp, and see movies at the Derby Port drive in, and was so excited to get the quarter with the drummer on it! Missing those days so much, I pray to God above for Canada, and my American neighbours, for peace and safety from the evil that is tearing our countries apart.

[@starmnsixty1209]

❤️🇨🇦 from🇺🇲

[@Cmon-Man]

Wow, the Boston Pops concert, so beautiful but made me sad. People that loved their country all singing “Hallelujah.” A different time. What a great year, 16 years old, worked at a tennis club in Newport Beach, scrubbing courts where I met John Wayne. Shook his hand, it was enormous. Got my drivers license, bought a ‘66 Volkswagen bug, canary yellow. Drove that bug everywhere. Surf trips down Mexico way. Thanks again Fred, well done. 👍

[@FredFlix]

Wow, John Wayne, no less!

[@ricknibert6417]

Glory Glory Hallelujah, not the Hallelujah Chorus.

[@johnsquires387]

Battle Hymn of The Republic

[@SHUB281]

The overwhelming majority of people still love this country. The media only focuses on the ones who don't and want to destroy it.

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@panheadsforever74]

I grew up in Philly. In1976 for the bi centenial,they painted all the crosswalks red white and blue. MLBs all star game was at Vet stadium. I was there. Great time to be in PHILLY.

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@thiscorrosion900]

@mrdave5232 I think I recall seeing that bike at some shop..I wanted one, fat chance! LOL Was prob 3x the cost of the regular Huffys. I later got a black Huffy type moto bike with the moto grip handlebars, and the thick fat trapezoid type seat. All painted black.

[@justajo2]

Forty-eight years ago. I was 31. Watching this it feels like yesterday.

[@NelsonVlog66]

My brother's first car was a 2 door Maverick in 1982. That was a great ride He had a great AM/FM cassette deck and two massive house speakers wired into the back seat.

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@map3384]

My dad had a 1973 Maverick. Lord I hated that car!

[@tolfan4438]

Bob hope Christmas special was one of those shows you looked forword to every year

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@mr.roaddogwade7107]

I remember it well. I was 15 years old and already very patriotic. Like many at that time. But cities and towns all over the US went all out celebrating. Including my home town. It was a great time in my America. 🇺🇸❤️

[@robertscott2210]

Ahh, Fred my boy, you've outdone yourself. A two parter for a two century birthday celebration! I remember it like it was yesterday. 👍👍 Have a happy Independence day Fred, and may we all wake up tomorrow morning with the same amount of fingers we had yesterday! 🖐🧨🎆🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲👍👍👍👍

[@FredFlix]

I'll settle for that, Robert.

[@andrewdeehan6292]

What a breath of fresh air! That was fun. TY!

[@scotsmith2391]

Thank you! Much needed this year.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Scot.

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@avocatrobbins2189]

Thank you so much for these videos. July 1976 is one of the most fondly-remembered months of my life, and the videos really brought the memories back.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome!

[@BrianKay-i9m]

Hitchhiked from Cleveland to San Diego, during the Bicentennial Holiday Celebration. Lots of traffic on the highways, but nobody would pick me up. But I made it. Still living here in Paradise. God bless America. Then, now, and forever 🇺🇸👍

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@bobpierce115]

Thanks for including the magazines of the times also, especially the Saturday Evening Post. You've included it in other videos too, which I appreciate.

[@FredFlix]

Bob, they were even better in the '60s and you'll see them in forthcoming videos.

[@bobpierce115]

@@FredFlix Looking forward to them, Fred. Very glad I'm subscribed, thank you.

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@albertdeleon6272]

​@@FredFlixAmergio Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@provost5752]

It would be nice if people loved their country now like they did then.

[@NelsonVlog66]

I might not always agree with everything our past or current leadership have put out there, but I still feel fortunate to have been born and raised here. There are others out there who are dealing with worse elsewhere.

[@ProfessorEchoMedia]

@@NelsonVlog66Very true, but it seems now we will be heading in that same direction of those other countries or maybe even worse. How did we ever allow it to become so bad here and how dare any of us believe we should continue down that path?

[@alangray9117]

​@@ProfessorEchoMediabefore WW2, we had the German American Bund. Post WW2 we had McCarthy and the John Birch Society. I think in the end the MAGA cult will also lose. Good always wins in the end.

[@christopherwelch136]

MAGA thuggery has destroyed that.

[@chrisdraughn5941]

I remember July 4, 1976 very well. The old people back in 1976 were complaining about the exact same shit that you’re complaining about now. I don’t see any difference in the amount of patriotism between then an now.

[@map3384]

What a great day in a great year. I was 11 and my dad took me into NYC to see all the foreign warships then we toured the USS Forestall. Fireworks and barbecue. Great time to be a kid.

[@philipe7937]

One of my favorite songs still is Grand Funk Railroads, “1976”

[@mark-xx1lt]

Thanks Fred and Happy 4th of July! It seems to be a time of happiness & sadness. I suspect our Founding Fathers would be weeping now considering all of the turmoil in recent years.

[@FredFlix]

You said it, Mark!

[@NelsonVlog66]

The Shootist turned out to be John Wayne's final film. He passed away three years later.

[@gregggoss2210]

It was like the story of his acting career. Wonder if he knew he had cancer at that point.

[@albertdeleon6272]

The Spanish Vaquero is the foundation of the cowboy 🤠

[@michaelrochester48]

An America where people were proud of the statues of the founding fathers and laid wreaths on July 4

[@bobpierce115]

Yes. The America of 1976 is gone now without a trace. God knows what it'll be like on our 250th, coming up in only 2 years. Very frightening.

[@simonagree4070]

Well, whitey did, anyway.

[@ProfessorEchoMedia]

@@bobpierce115We are at the scariest point in the country’s history I’ve ever seen and I was around in the 1960’s!

[@robertdelisi9473]

It will return. This is not about a 4 year term for Trump. It's about taking down the bad guys for once and for all. Freedom will roll across the Earth.

[@simonagree4070]

As somebody once said to MTG, "Robert E. Lee was not a founding father."

[@mac55122]

Wow, July '76 I was in Guam (Navy). Thanks Fred!

[@Lucky-ws3hx]

Thx for your service

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, mac.

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

we were so united back then. thank you so much for making these last two videos especially sir. see you in the next one.

[@FredFlix]

Coming soon, S&D.

[@theodorecomps5035]

This is going to be a long posting so please bear with me. First of all Fred, your videos have always been great to watch and that's what made me a subscriber. These past three videos your have done, has really made a huge impact on me personally. The July 1969 one was awesome, because I was born on July 24, 1969. A few hours before the Apollo 11 astronauts came home from the moon. When I was little my Grandparents used to nickname me " Splashdown Teddy " as a child. While growing up if I was a " little brat " my Grandfather would say he'd call NASA up to pick up their " escaped Moon Monkey." That straightened me up right away. Now for these two newest chapters that you have done about July 1976. I remember it all too well. It was a magical time being a kid back then, unlike today. We went to a 4th of July party and we ended the night with lighting off fireworks. Our parents trusted us with the lighter even though any other time we'd have to ask for permission to use it to light off the fireworks. Your videos always remind me of such happier times growing up. Even though by the following year of 1977, my Grandfather would be gone because he suffered a massive stroke and never woke up from his coma. Many years later my Dad ( whose name is also Fred ) passed away from lung cancer. Watching these videos remind me of growing up with my parents. My Dad and I were very close right up to the day he passed. If he watched these videos you have done no doubt he'd say to me " remember when we .... " and the smiles would be on both of our faces. So thank you very much for recalling such memories with endless smiles and countless tears. May God bless you and keep you. BTW 20 more days I'll be 55 years old, and now I can show these videos to my son and have him see what it was like when his Dad was growing up. Thank you for your time and always looking forward to the newest creations. Theodore M. Comps... Michigan....

[@FredFlix]

Theodore, I enjoyed reading your thoughtful comment. Thank you. And if my videos have made a positive impact on you, I have accomplished what I set out to do.

[@walkawayrenee969]

I'm the same age. Lots of great memories of that summer even tho we were only 7. I miss all those loved ones lost.

[@robertromero8692]

Great stuff, Fred. Really captures the mood of the country at the time.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, RR.

[@jessehaskell1397]

I was 13 in 76’. Our little town in upstate New York had a parade celebrating the bicentennial July 4th. I was dressed as George Washington and rode in the parade on a horse drawn carriage. Those were the good old days

[@starmnsixty1209]

Must be a great memory to have 👍 it was a wonderful year for certain.

[@caroleindyl9937]

I was 12 and it was freaking awesome

[@albertdeleon6272]

Amerigo Vespucci name the new world America 🌎

[@dennisdeleo74]

Fred, just viewed part 1 and 2 in tandem…Excellent as always…you know, people constantly put this country down, everyone is a critic…we’re not perfect but we are the greatest country on this earth. Everyone has an opinion, and you know what opinions are like, everyone has one and they all stink . I don’t think anyone is in a rush to leave. We are still the country that everyone wants to be…God Bless America.

[@FredFlix]

Well said, Dennis.

[@antsforall]

Wow, that was fast! Part 1 was great! now more! High School memories....

[@edwardj64]

These two July '76 videos brought back so many memories. I started to tear thinking back to this time. I was 12 in '76. This is the only way we can go back in time, with our memories and these visuals. Thank you, Fred, for the work you put into this. I want to note that in the NYC area, for the Bicentennial, Operation Sail was a BIG deal. I was on the George Washington Bridge, there must have been thousands of people on the bridge, and caught sight of all the ships sailing up the Hudson River under the bridge. It made a big impression and I'll never forget it. I don't think allowing that many people on a bridge would be possible today. Ten years later, in 1986, there was another Operation Sail with hundreds of ships in New York harbor. This was to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Statue of Liberty. That was also big event, at least in NYC. For the '86 event I got views from the waterfront and also taking the Staten Island Ferry across the harbor a few times that week to get a closer look at the boats and ships.

[@FredFlix]

I enjoyed reading your comment, Edward.

[@CountryFenderBass]

I remember my Dad took me and my Granddad to a Baltimore Orioles game at the old Memorial ball field. There was a Red White and Blue AMC pacer car filled with baseballs. If you guessed the right amount of balls you could win the car. My Dad said no we are not going to guess. I asked why and he said we might win the damn thing

[@Ij-jan]

1976 was a great year for me. I had my middle daughter in November of that year. Thank you for another wonderful video.😊

[@FredFlix]

My pleasure, Jan.

[@RexRoberts-hk3wj]

Graduated in 78’ the 76 bicentennial was awesome 🇺🇸

[@deborahchesser7375]

Loved all the red white and blue, I turned ten in July so that was my first decade on earth, perfect timing. I’d go back in a second good times bad times, the best of times.

[@antonmassopust568]

I must say this is really interesting I lived during this decade and it was really interesting to remember it thanks guys

[@gsmith1213]

On July 4th, 1976, I played on the main stage by the Washington DC reflecting pool for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. It was recorded and currently the recording is in the Smithsonian

[@thiscorrosion900]

Never even heard of that concert, I was far too young then anyway, at age eight. Didn't The Beach Boys also do a big concert on the 4th then in D.C.?

[@The_Octopus]

Thank you Fred, I always look forward to your videos!

[@FredFlix]

I appreciate that, TO.

[@jchow5966]

Wow - I sure remember this time!!!! Thank you for the memories. 1:23

[@ronnieroberts9478]

Back when the whole country was patriotic and loved the flag and now I look at nowadays, it is so sad what this country has become God help us all

[@riobird6643]

less dependent on other countries for oil right on Bob

[@Rippypoo]

Thanks for this one. I remember 1976 was a good year. Bicentennial. Philadelphia Freedom was playing everywhere.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, RP.

[@SPEEDOFDOG]

Man I was 13 years old. Met my first girlfriend that summer. It was an awesome time to be alive and we felt like it was as well. Wish we could turn back time and just stay there. The nightmare we’re going through right now reminds me of the stories my parents told us about growing up in Holland during the 30’s leading up to WWII. My mother passed in 2018 and during those last few years she would say from time to time “It’s happening again,why?” It was sad knowing she was reliving the fear she experienced as a child in her last years.

[@thiscorrosion900]

These things happen in cycles, mainly because people often refuse to learn, or are incapable of it or, are powerless to stop it. That's just one reason. Plus fascism rears its ugly head all the time, all over the world, in regular cycles. Also, war. These are constants in history.

[@thiscorrosion900]

One thing though about 1976 and 77, retrospectively, it was a great time, but it was also the USA coming out of the more recent nightmare of Nixon and Watergate, of course. Even all that was the president flirting with fascism and doing blatant criminal, anti-democratic shit just because, why not? So beneath that facade of the post sixties "calm", there was plenty of evil going on under the surface. And then Gerald Ford just swept the whole ugly mess under the rug. But the scabs never really healed. It was also the ignominious end of the Vietnam Conflict, which is a whole other embarrassment and stain on the USA's history. Then we stayed out most conflicts until Russia decided to invade Afghanistan, and earlier, when Iran took the hostages (which almost led to a much larger regional conflict).

[@pnunn8592]

Once again wonderful job 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, pnunn.

[@Swampfox-tr1rk]

I graduated from high school in May of 1976.

[@chuckyufarley2999]

I miss the days when microwaving a roast was haute cuisine.

[@revvyhevvy]

Thanks, Fredflix! Happy July 4th America!

[@FredFlix]

Same to you, Robert.

[@icescrew1]

It was a year-long party. Everywhere you went. Everyone from every background and lifestyle. The best year.

[@BillLaBrie]

We were really trying to get to keep our heads up after defeat in Vietnam, Nixon, the gas crunch, a recession, and the constant bombings, hijackings, kidnappings, and riots of the previous 10 years. Prices kept going up, but wages didn’t. 1976 was a trying time for America, but that’s just when you should throw a party. So we did.

[@davek5027]

Fantastic, Mr. Fred! Thanks so much!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Dave.

[@rayceeya8659]

WHOA! They got Bob Hope to promote FRACKING! BTW that's basically fracking! WOW!

[@primateproductions126]

I was 13… the memories are endless

[@NickvonZ]

Me, too!

[@Lucky-ws3hx]

Ditto here

[@jeffbowen2608]

@@primateproductions126 I was 6 years old still in kindergarten. 1976 was the only year I actually saw it snow out my window where I grew up in Vallejo, CA, in the Bay Area.

[@primateproductions126]

@@jeffbowen2608 I remember that! I was right below you in Union City

[@garywilsonwilson893]

Wish I could go back.

[@ernestcruz6316]

That Hustler magazine cover (7:53) was later used as the cover photo for The Black Crowes' third album, Amorica, although some stores opted instead for a cover photo containing just the bikini bottoms with the rest of the photo blacked out. Damn spoilsports.

[@luisreyes1963]

Yum...🤤

[@thiscorrosion900]

the Bicentennial Beaver......????

[@barberjeff67]

I had that Six Million Dollar Man comic!

[@Litauen-yg9ut]

Another good one, Fred. And Happy 4th to you folks south of me...

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Litauen.

[@AngelaGoodwin-fh6fw]

Fred, you're working overtime. Thank you for the memories. Now go out and enjoy your holiday!☺

[@FredFlix]

Will do, AG.

[@Agwings1960]

The small town that I lived in didn't have any big parades, so I did the Bicentennial celebration from the comfort of my parents home via the TV set

[@briggscharleton6139]

Saw At Earth's Core and Gumball Rally in the theater. Great fun!

[@1949LA-ARCH]

As Americans we were self sufficient. Our country now, depending on foreign countries 😊 Deplorable !

[@michaelfisher7170]

What????

[@jeffbowen2608]

Love the clip with Van Amburg anchoring ABC News. I grew up watching Amburg and Jerry Jensen on News Scene at Channel 7 in San Francisco.

[@wheeler71]

Thx to Fredflix 👍 '76 thoughts of youth and long time ; now older and not so much 🌘

[@FredFlix]

We're at least wiser, wheeler.

[@ClaireCopeland-n6y]

I was 6 in August 5 still in July but lord i remember the bicentennial. In kindergarten pictures we had a miltary style drum in red white and blue behind our heads😂❤

[@briankeller788]

I went to the fireworks show in DC 7/4/76. Big turnout there.

[@merce10554]

Right. I remember the first pictures of Mars on TV pixel column by pixel column. I thougt it truly amazing. 😮 And of course, the Olympic Games held in Montreal. I missed the chance to get my white Bicentennial passport as I was already thinking on moving abroad.🤷🏽‍♀️ Happy 4th, Fred. 🎆🎇✨💜🤟

[@FredFlix]

Same to you, Mercedes!

[@joebickers893]

The best summer!

[@Shawn666Hellion]

The movie Grand Theft Auto came out in 1976,excellent movie

[@brianstoneman1138]

I thought that was David Berkowitz watching the Arthur Fiedler concert for a second.

[@gwenjones8]

😮😬

[@sonnytoo9077]

Thanks Fred 👍

[@debbiebarnhardt1590]

Happy Fourth of July everyone

[@luisreyes1963]

God Bless America! 🎇

[@gregggoss2210]

Great job, Fred. I know I'm repeating myself, but 1976 was a great year for movies. Happy fourth and I hope you have some good grilling food today.

[@FredFlix]

I plan to, Gregg. Thanks.

[@ricknibert6417]

Since July 4 fell on a Sunday, most activities took place on July 5.

[@flynlr]

god I loved july 1976

[@jons.6216]

Flip Wilson was the greatest! Even as a young kid he was entertaining - even if some of his jokes went over my head! I never saw The Shootist, but do remember the MAD Magazine parody "The Shootiest"! Haha! Seems to me by the 80s I saw some people with Volkswagen Rabbits able to get novelty decals that said "Wabbit"!

[@thiscorrosion900]

I saw The Shootist a year or two later on TV. Edited, I"m sure.

[@luisreyes1963]

When candy was cheap & microwave ovens were expensive. What a time, wasn't it? Happy 4th Of July, FredFlix. 🇺🇸

[@FredFlix]

Happy 5th by now, Luis.

[@jehobden]

Nice job again, Fred! 6:24 - This was John Wayne's last movie. The novel writer also wrote WHERE THE BOYS ARE and BLESS THE BEASTS & CHILDREN. You've covered 3 famous Carradines (John, David & Keith) in your July 1976 videos.

[@gregggoss2210]

I loved the movie Bless The Beasts And The Children.

[@thedreadtyger]

it was a great and sad novel. and the song from the movie was too.​@@gregggoss2210

[@FredFlix]

They were pretty busy, Jon!

[@tonywalker2334]

I’m a bicentennial baby!!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@peternighswander9629]

A twofer. What a lovely gift

[@FredFlix]

Glad you enjoyed it, Peter.

[@phillipnelson-j1j]

I remember the 1976 parade in my hometown

[@samiam5557]

Bob Hope & the man wearing the big Texaco star.

[@steve3439]

I was born in 76 don’t remember any of these commercials because I was just a baby.

[@continentalgin]

Excellent!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, CG.

[@thiscorrosion900]

I recall graduating from pre-middle school in 76 or so, such as it was, and my parents driving me into the school's parking lot that morning, and hearing someone blasting Philadelphia Freedom Elton John's song, on their car stereo or radio. Or it was on the radio anyway. And then I recall being at some aunt and uncle's house during the 4th or so, and seeing the Tall Ships coverage on TV, and my aunt pinching my cheek severely! LOL Of course Elton wrote the song for Billie Jean King's team or whatever, but it was a big Bicentennial anthem by default.

[@woxyroxme]

What a time to be a teenager, I spent the 4th in Eastport Maine where the holiday is a big deal, the navy sends in a destroyer for the first flag raising on the 4th.

[@jwcjrcpa]

48 years ago today 😮😮😮

[@olliejilliangil8382]

I was only 7 years old then, but I wonder if there was not more dissent and discontent out there then than people realize. With social media we see more now. Nostalgia tells us America was more patriotic then. I could be wrong, just a contemplation.

[@jeffbowen2608]

@@olliejilliangil8382 oh you better believe there was a whole lot of dissent & discontent! Remember the Vietnam War ended only two years before, and we all know how much vitriol greeted our soldiers when they came home.

[@acitoneroyal6002]

My track team and I relayed 76 miles for the bicentennial we were on the news!!

[@revolutionaryliberation9250]

Remember Growing Up With Those Texaco Commercials During Bob Hope Specials. As I Was Born In '74, I Believed, & Still Do, That It Was The Only Show That Went By The "Old Format", Where A Company Sponsored A Program, With Only Their Commercials, Instead Of The Current Format That's Broken Up By "Paid Slots"!! I Remember Also Thinking, "Texaco Was The Best", Because Bob Hope "Believes" In It!!🤣

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

I love that the United States Information Agency uses an epilepsy-invoking ad campaign. (Looked like a Yellow Submarine outtake.) Love ya, Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Back atcha, CAM.

[@deeanna3335]

Psychedelic!

[@SHUB281]

Get the fire hydrant key ! It's hot out here!

[@emilysantoyo918]

Another great video Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Emily.

[@jamesdelaney3797]

I was 7. This is the 1st 4th of July I remember

[@Rock-d1k]

Summer- preparing for senior year.

[@jerryking45]

My birth year❤❤❤

[@antsforall]

I can't believe I missed this one last month? Sigh, if only all your Flixes could have 2 parts.....