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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4487781, member: 85693&quot;]I was a kid during the Bicentennial, and recall being pretty disappointed by the whole thing - all the schlocky souvenirs and general incoherence.&nbsp; I stood in line for hours to go through the Freedom Train (remember that?).&nbsp; A conveyer belt history experience - the only thing I recall was an enormous pair of sneakers worn by an NBA star (Wilt Chamberlain?&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall).&nbsp; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Train" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Train" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Train</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Those &quot;Bicentennial Minutes&quot; that were on TV were about my favorite thing. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicentennial_Minutes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicentennial_Minutes" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicentennial_Minutes</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But Elton John&#039;s &quot;Philadelphia Freedom&quot; - I remember that was on the radio a lot, and nowadays, I feel that is about the best, most enduring thing to come out of the Bicentennial.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t really understand it lyrically, but it made me feel patriotic in a way the more &quot;official&quot; efforts did not.&nbsp; And it was written for Billie Jean King&#039;s tennis team!</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Freedom_(song)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Freedom_(song)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Freedom_(song)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the non-coin musings.&nbsp; So let me try to redeem myself - the Bicentennial coinage issued at that time was pretty lousy too - it was the beginning of the end for American coin design - when these things started looking more like tokens than coins.&nbsp; The dollar&#039;s okay - at least the rather botched-perspective moon-eagle has been replaced.&nbsp; But the quarter in particular is pretty bad.&nbsp; In my opinion, of course.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bicentennial_coinage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bicentennial_coinage" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bicentennial_coinage</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113787[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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