07/04/1976 USS Forrestal New York Harbor, New York City, New York Gerald R. Ford walking, waving; tall ship in background – Operation Sail, American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration Ford Library & Museum image.
Happy Birthday United States of America
Today marks the semiquintennial of the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, Above, President Ford celebrates the Bicentennial, 50 years ago, as a flotilla of tall ships from around the world descend on New York Harbor.
At left, President Coolidge makes an address in Philadelphia on July 5, 1926, on the occasion of the Sesquicentennial. Likewise, President Grant had appeared at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876, shown below.
