Two Milestones, One Nation: 50th Anniversary Falls on America's 250th
TL;DR
A California couple, Roger Lieb and Bonnie Taff, celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on the United States' 250th birthday, recalling how the bicentennial year felt like the whole country was celebrating with them.
- 'America's 250th birthday is our 50th anniversary' BBC
- The US celebrated the end of a ‘long national nightmare’ as it turned 200. What about now? The Guardian
- The US is better off than it was in 1976. So why does it feel worse? vox.com
- Opinion | The Bicentennial Was a Better Birthday Than This WSJ
- The U.S. Bicentennial in 1976 reignited patriotism damaged by Watergate, Vietnam War The Columbus Dispatch
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