Commentary | Mark Tapscott
America of 1976 Would Not Recognize Herself in Our 250th Year
It was July 4, 1976, nearly 50 years ago, when ABC News correspondent Matt Pressman covered America's Bicentennial Celebration in the Big Apple as legions of celebrants sang classics like "America the Beautiful," applauded countless paraders dressed like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, and cheered the Tall Ships passing in review by the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. As the newsman strolled among the crowds that bright and sunny Sunday thrusting his microphone in front of a seemingly endless stream of beaming faces on the city's streets and piers, he heard expressions of gratitude and joy, over and over.
