European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Frasl do John Harbour associated press tilt Drums seem muffled this the trumpets the tall ships Are scattered to the ports of the Only in memory now is that lunch of that rare sense of the the the sur prise Al finding us one again to be this july fourth the Church Bells will the colors the bands the Cla fires kindle As America celebrates the first birthday of its third Cen but nol with thy the the pure Una bashed Joy of 215 million voices singing one grand same time next year we should have known it  times like those arc and rightly remember new where parades thundered up and Down the Granite where the tall ships Flut sailed and glided along the Hudson Kivor with Eye watering where the warships of n All flying the american stood by Al where people jammed the waterfronts and Riverview apartments and carpeted the feel of the lady of the Harbor this fourth of Only the shrines will March in seven Ocean liners will make a Brief foray into the and a Fleet of Small sailboats will race around Long remember where a Mammoth fireworks display lit the night where special Bicentennial flags fluttered from Spires and where the National archives stayed open around the clock so that thousands who lined up could Sec the nations birth certificate this year the archives Are Back on a Normal summer schedule and the firepower of the fireworks is Back to the flogs were unfurled on Flag Day in and the Folk festival that added spice to lost july fourth is scheduled fur september this remember san where last year one big Happy Parade celebrated the disparate causes of modern american life puerto Blacks this year the City will dedicate a statue of Francis Scott key in Golden Gale Park and Plant a 100 year time capsule at his remember Philadelphia Independence where they rang the Liberty Bell and president Ford the world knows where we stand the world May or May not but vie Lead because our whole history says we this year president Carter will spend the fourth in Al Camp attendance Al the Independence National historical which reached seven million in May hit four million in remember where wild and dancing americans heard Arthur fielder Lead the Boston pops in a thrilling american Medley capped by the Start and stripes forever this year some Are expected on the Banks of the Charles River to hear him con duct the pops in Tchaikovsky j812 of Wirt in last Betty Kapchuk and her children festooned their hone in White and Blue this year she has no special in Lake they stored the  Park benches indoors for the Winter so the paint would still be Bright this the Landing pad for unidentified flying objects ringed in Star spangled lights is still opera but we Haven had any activity there the american legion this year will stage the worlds largest fireworks extravaganza Over in the Mojave desert of Bob older will raise again the 53byloo fool Flag Over his Ore Grande ranch for All who want to there were Many Ihl Nuj we didst get lot last july we didst see Vemon Moons hog farm where he slowed up 10 acres of Oats to Plant 10 Acnes of petunias in a White and Blue replica of the Betsy Moss we didst we the largest Pancake 76 inches in diameter cooked up by Glenwood the worlds larg est ice Cream social in the worlds largest birthday Rake pounds served up in Baltimore we didst get to meet Christopher Columbus a Spanish Sailor Given leave to Man the Helm of us replica of the Santa one of the tall nor did we get u taste the gos Quarfoot Cherry pie in but we wont forget them the Bicentennial commission officially went out of business last thursday and most of the state commis Sions disbanded by today or but under their Al least communities had gone through formal Bicentennial As the commissions five volume report to Congress there were More than separate and that Only the tip of the the ones we know says Jean who was the acting i sometimes wish we had the resources to continue the Bicentennial Celebration into says Jean me who headed the san Francisco that was such a special the whole City gelling in vulvcd1 have very warm memories of that it made a lot of people Slop and said a Kansas Bicentennial i think  remember what but Many More tangible were Bora of the Long has a new City there Are countless Parks East and West with 200ui birthday in maybe the Battle of Blue in the last skirmish of he has been fought for the last time this but in los Angeles a thousand Clerry bestowed multiple exposure created Bicentennial to by the people of survive and premise Kansas has its Bicentennial the Fertile american Topsail guards  Lime capsules for today childrens childrens m years san has in own Liberty Courtesy of the Bicentennial commission will return to the Federal Treasury More than million of the 123 million it was a the Public broadcasting service will Tele cast on july fourth evening a produced by the Pennsylvania entitled legacy the year of the Pride 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