Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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What happened in Minnesota during the United States Bicentennial? Summer of ‘76 is a video time capsule about this lost moment in Minnesota history when the nation and the state came together to celebrate and ruminate on the meaning of America at 200. Interviews with organizers and found footage unseen in 50 years fill this kaleidoscope of stories from the Bicentennial in the North Star State.

0:00 The United States turns 200
1:22 Minnesota in the 1970s
7:07 How did America celebrate the bicentennial?
20:15 The bicentennial in greater Minnesota
26:00 Protecting the Environment in 1976
29:00 Arts and culture for the bicentennial
43:20 Farmfest 1976
45:38 Bicentennial memorabilia
51:45 Remembering the US Military in 1976
55:31 The bicentennial today
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