America's Bicentennial - July 4, 1976 - ABC Coverage, pt. 1! 

I was 7 years old on July 4th 1976 and remember it very well. I was at my Grandparent's house in the Chicago area and we had a cake with red white and blue icing to celebrate the Bicentennial. I still have the Bicentennial coin set given to me by my Grandma. I remember I used to wear a t shirt with the Bicentennial logo in 1976. I was also Paul Revere in our Bicentennial play in 2nd grade. Great memories!

The 70s were a difficult time in the us (the current decade has interesting parallels). As someone who wsnt around then just yet, I like to give thanks to the American ppl for the way they conducted themselves and showing jubilant pride that day and not forgetting about the American identity and how special it is.

4:25 and 4:39 for people asking for the G1 NATMOS: Redux

Hard to believe it's 40 years! I remember the "Bicentennial Minute" each night on one of the networks. It was broadcast each night for about a year leading up to July 4, 1976.

I will be 84 years old, hopefully I'll be sane enough to celebrate the tricentennial, or at least be alive.

4:43, 4:31 Voice lines used for NATMOS Redux, year four.

My dad graduated in 1976. He told me that he had one hell of a party on the 4th of July that year

I just remembered I graduated from high school on Bicentennial year 1976.

If you are here from NATMOS:R here are the timestamps: 4:44 and 4:31

I'll be 82 in July 4 of 2076 Hopefully I'm still alive :(

4:44 NATMOS:R fans be like 😮

I was 6 in 1976 in Philadelphia. My Mom and Grandmom took my older brother, who was 10 at the time, all over the city and saw just about everything and enjoyed all the celebrations in our once beautiful town. I’m so glad I grew up when I did. Long before cancel culture and when we weren’t taught to hate the country and that it’s inherently bad. I was a teenager in the 80s and I wouldn’t change it for the world! I feel bad for millennials and gen z who will never know how great of a time that was. A beautiful time to be alive.

I was in the US Navy in 1976 on board the USS Richmond K Turner CG-20. What an event I witnessed.

I most likely will not be here I will be 107 in 2076 but i'll bet the Tricentennial will be huge

I remember '76 fondly. And we had no idea USA would become what it is today. It's heartbreaking.

Back when people respected this country.

I was 18 and standing at the post flagpole at Fort Dix. We were the first soldiers of the bicentennial, what an honor and just 2 weeks after I graduated from Raritan High School Hazlet NJ. I became a multimillionaire and it started at that flag pole.

Well, hopefully there will be a big celebration in 2026 also, for the 250th - or sestercentennial.

For people who came from natmos:r 4:43 & 4:31

I was 18 years old on July 4, 1976 and went to an outdoor church service with my family on that day which was followed by a picnic. That afternoon there was an organize street party on the street I lived on complete with a DJ, parade and some night time fireworks. I missed most of the street party because of this horrible job I had at the time as a dishwasher at Frisch's.

I read a few articles that there are of lots plans for the sestercentennial in 2026, for the 250th anniversary. 4 years away 1776-2026 !!!

☆1976, 1976 , 1976, 1976, 1976☆ ☆ 1776-1976☆ Epic fucking year , i was 9 years old and I remember it lije it was yesterday, red white & blue every where in Queens, NY. :-)

I marched in the Philadelphia parade, in boots, carrying a huge flag while performing a routine. We were given a 1976 $2 bill each as a thank you. Bel Air High School banc, the Bobcats. I will never forget that day. It was awesome.

It was the biggest birthday party we ever had, and we were all invited.

I remember seeing the tall ships in NY Harbor, that was a thrilling sight to see.

ABC only had three specials of about an hour each on July 4th, 1976, while NBC went wall-to-wall from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. EDT and again from 10 to 11 P.M. Eastern (with a live Bicentennial-themed Bob Hope special from 8 to 10 EDT), and CBS went nonstop from 8 A.M. EDT to 6 P.M. EDT, then again from 6:30 P.M. to 12 Midnight EDT. Had Roone Arledge taken over running ABC News in 1976 instead of 1977, the network likely would have roughly the same amount of live coverage as it's rivals. We in Boston remember the Bicentennial as the year the annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show became a national event. I recall watching CBS pick-up the conclusion of the concert (the "1812 Overture" and "Stars And Stripes Forever", both accompanied by fireworks) live; I later heard that ABC and NBC also showed the climax of the concert live as well.

I'll be 79 in 2076. I hope I can see it but I'm nervous.

4:44 and 4:32!!!

Was living in Downey CA. and remember it well. Have lost or sold all my souvenirs. Was 22

I was nine years old in 1976. It was huge.

Reasoner looks as thrilled as someone working a major holiday that happens to fall on a Sunday.

The U.S. Navy Reserve recalled me on active duty for that event. I was assigned as interpreter for the Commanding Officer of the Italian flagship San Giorgio. And I had a great time.

The first time I saw the movie "1776" was on the actual day of what the movie is based on(originally a play though), it has a 4th of July tradition for me ever since.

Greetings from July 4th, 2017

Aniball

The ABC News political convention promo at 7:55 of this clip suggests that they would have the most comprehensive live coverage of the two conventions. However, while CBS and NBC went "gavel-to-gavel" (covering every session live from start-to-finish), ABC didn't start nightly coverage until 9:30 P.M. EDT, and assuming sessions ended at or around 11 P.M. EDT; ABC only had about 90 minutes of live coverage each night (as opposed to around three-and-a-half-to-four hours of live coverage by the other networks). But the ABC convention coverage approach of 1968, 1972, and 1976 (I think they went back to gavel-to-gavel in 1980 coverage) would be adopted by the major broadcast networks in 1984. Today, the broadcast networks generally carry one hour apiece of live coverage of each session of a political convention.

And we’ll likely enjoy every minute. (minute.) (minute.) -cross the reflecting pool of the Washington Monument and the Capitol Dome beyond. (beyond. beyond.) (beyond. beyond.) (beyond.) (beyond.)

I was almost 5 months old on July 4, 1976.

GOD BLESS AMERICA! I'm happy that Hispanics are finally being recognized for their contribution in the American Revolution! FINALLY!

Natmosr

I missed this

Do you remember when USA news was serious thorough and even handed? Then you must be over 40

What were the demonstrations over in Philadelphia ?

My sister was born two days after this.

The intro music is the only part I pay attention to

4:52 I finally know from where ubiquity took their design for the unifi ap

In 2026 we will celebrate our Semiquincentennial, 250 years🇺🇸

Camping in the Shenadoah National Park on 4 Jul 76

I was 5 months old on 4th of July 1976

45 years ago today July 4,1976

In This Clip, From 0:00 To 1:57, It Was ABC News' The Great American Birthday Party Video Open From Sunday Morning, July 4, 1976.

every body was dressed RED WHITE BLUE

Was 20 years old in 1976, was at sea just about the whole time u.s navy didn't see a damn thing thanks

Video de participantes de México trío huasteco y bailarines si los pudieran tener después de tantos años seria un sueño hecho realidad gracias

I was about to turn 16!

People seemed more tolerant of each other back at this time. I was 10 years old in 76. Best time of my life. Best summer ever! God Bless America, FOREVER!

I was 9 yrs old...

I was 10 in 76 fun times

I Was 5 Years Old In 1976 /I Really Don't Remember What My Family Did /But I Am Sure We Did Something Fun 🇱🇷

Poor Harry got stuck inside on the Bicentennial.

My Mother was 11 during the time

I wasn't even born yet.

Was there. Was 8.

Wow

Wonder what the Tricentennial will be like in 2076? Dont think I will live till 108.Dont think I will be around for the millennial in 2776 either or the 1,001,776( one million year celebration)

Ill be 72 in 2076

Great xs

relax, you will, you just have to keep careful to not do anything extreme that can cause an accidental death, or smoke and drink constantly, otherwise you wouldn't live for very long, anyway, don't worry : ) ps: I'm also 19

Happy Birthday USA!

i bet 1000$ the US wont be in as good a state in 2076.

Proud liberal, proud American. America has its problems, our current President is horrible, but America is great.

I wish we never got involved in the Middle East.

I hope that the United States doesn’t exist in 2076. I understand that this video is used by older people to feel nostalgic and I respect that, but I just feel like adding my thoughts upon the state of a transcontinental empire that exists as a vehicle for oppression and subjugation under consumer capitalism, institutionalised hatred, and exploitation of human beings for profit to maintain a hierarchical structure that continues to exists towards the benefit of people in positions of unjust power and monetary wealth. The very idea of the ‘United States’ is a lie that harms both the people who exist under it, and those who don’t. Even the supposed revolution, the backbone of American mythology, the *glorious* upheaval of tyranny was for the benefit of the already ruling elite to gain independent hegemony and control over the people of the colonies. Two hundred years later, and the mythos of freedom and liberty are so deeply imprinted upon an ‘American’ persons subconscious that the actual concept of freedom is so incredibly far from even existing. How can true freedom exist in such a state of peoples? I hope there’s a brighter future for all human beings by the time 2076 comes around. If I make it that far, I’ll be 73 I guess. Hopefully Earth is a better place for human existence and cohabitation by then, but I doubt it. With that being said, God bless THE USA!! Woooooo, let’s kill some commies boiiii