The media was dominated by patriotic fervor, even if the festival itself wasn’t for another 24 months.
America, weAmerica, weAmerica, we, America, weIn order to celebrate the spirit of America, launched “Bicentennial Minutes,” a show that ran for about two and a half years. From July 4, 1974, through New Year’s Eve 1976, prominent American men and women taught us a 60-second history lesson every night.
Each one started off by saying, “Two hundred years ago today,” and it talked about the wonders of this country we call the United States and the majesty of the Founding Fathers. (Today’s historically illiterate staff unfairly shames you for using the “R” word.)
presenterspresentersPresenterspresentersNotables from nearly every imaginable field of endeavor joined news presenter Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather (who was still a journalist at the time). In homage to Walter Cronkite, who closed every newscast with the words “And that’s the way it is,” each section opened with the phrase “That’s the way it was.”
upupupupupTo save our Founding Fathers from the Woke Left, WE NEED TO SPEAK UP.
ininininininNumerous minutemen and women were cast from well-known TV series; two examples are Leonard Nimoy of “Star Trek” and William Shatner.
