Thursday, July 2

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Topic: Centennial

A tall ship in New York Harbor during Operation Sail, part of the 1976 Bicentennial.

Thursday, 7/2, 03:31 AM

Birthday Parties for a Nation: How America Has Marked Its Biggest Milestones

From a triumphant world's fair in 1876 to a rain-soaked flop in 1926 to the tall ships of 1976, the United States has marked its milestone birthdays in wildly different moods.
As the country turns 250 this Fourth of July, its history offers a guide to how a nation throws itself a party.

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