Scorn & Reverence: A Sneak Peek at Bicentennial Chic First excerpt after four years in the making

First excerpt from my new book, Bicentennial Chic...

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Scorn & Reverence: A Sneak Peek at Bicentennial Chic First excerpt after four years in the making

The first excerpt from BICENTENNIAL CHIC...follow me on Substack, share my excerpt, spread the word! Book is out June 2!
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Bloomfield Township Seeking Candidates for Volunteer Bicentennial Steering Committee - Bloomfield Township

Bloomfield Township is turning 200 next year and administration is looking for volunteers to collaborate on the celebration! Interested in serving on the Steering Committee? Get details here. bloomfieldtwpmi.gov/resources/la...

#BloomfieldTownship #Community #History #Bicentennial

Photo of Marc Stein’s book “Bicentennial: A Revolutionary History of the 1970s” against a blue background. https://buff.ly/zG5WRee

Photo of the table of contents page of Marc Stein’s book “Bicentennial: A Revolutionary History of the 1970s,” https://buff.ly/zG5WRee, with an overlaid review quote from Library Journal: “Stein shows that, outside the official planning and programming, the values and rhetoric of the Revolutionary era sparked a spirit of ’76 that pushed for LGBTQIA+ rights, women’s equality, and justice reforms unimaginable two centuries earlier. It also exposed a grimmer history, as white supremacists and anti-immigration activists surfaced to claim the celebration. A comprehensive and critical look at the Spirit of 1976.”

Photo of the interior of Marc Stein’s book “Bicentennial: A Revolutionary History of the 1970s,” https://buff.ly/zG5WRee, with an overlaid review quote from Jill Lepore in The New Yorker: “As the nation prepares to mark the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of its founding, it’s easy to forget that the two hundredth wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. . . . The simmering resentments of the Bicentennial reached their fullest expression, unsurprisingly, in Philadelphia, as the historian Stein recounts in Bicentennial: A Revolutionary History of the 1970s.”

It’s election day in Chicago! It’s also #PubDay for SFSU & @oah.org’s Marc Stein and his book #Bicentennial: A Revolutionary History of the 1970s. As we vote, take a look back at the spirit of '76, a time of striking similarities/differences to the US 250th in '26. #America250 buff.ly/zG5WRee

#50YearsAgoToday while #TheUS celebrated its #bicentennial #Superman celebrated the #tricentennial issue of #hisTitularComicBookTitle with @DC.com Superman #comics #300 introducing #Superman2001 conceived as #AnImaginaryStory with #TheInfantFromKrypton landing in #TheOcean in 1976 & named #SkyBoy

Holding the book "Happy Days" by Benjamin L. Alpers in front of a meadow with blue flowers

Do you wish to return to easier times?
Then check out our 3 new books on #nostalgia !
1)"Happy Days" by Ben Alpers examines how 1970s #popularculture reimagined their past, from 1950s teens to neo-slave narratives, the US #bicentennial & #filmnoir

#CulturalStudies #CulturalHistory

BICENTENNIAL CHIC: Bronx Bombers, Son of Sam, Kissteria & the Birth of Saturday Night Fever will be out on June 2, 2026.

#1970s #Bicentennial #NewYorkCity #SaturdayNightFever #disco #SonofSam #Yankees #KISS

Thank you to the City of #LdnOnt, Museum London , the Middlesex Historical Society, the London Heritage Council, & Eldon House for partnering to host the special Bicentennial #TriviaNight last Thursday

Learn more about upcoming #Bicentennial events: getinvolved.london.ca/london200

#GetInvolved

X-Men (2026 2nd series) #24 Joshua Cassara USA 250th Homage variant

Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976 John Buscema interior art

New #Marvelhomage! X-Men (2026 2nd series) #24 / Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976! #marvel #homage #xmen #bicentennial #calendar @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social

Bicentennial Showed Even in Divided Times, Americans Can Come Together to Party <p>WASHINGTON — It seemed as though the country couldn’t possibly grow more divided. After two decades of U.S. involvement and 10 years of hard fighting, the Vietnam War had finally ended with the fal...

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Music Jeopardy 35! Guess clues in the category: 1976 — 50 Years Later! Test your knowledge and play Music Jeopardy 35! The category: ‘1976 — 50 Years Later’ (musical moments from our bicentennial vs. now). Click and play!

It’s time for a new Music Jeopardy! The 35th edition’s theme: “1976 — 50 Years Later” Guess clues about music milestones from our bicentennial and today!

Think you know your 1976 music history?

#musictrivia #musicjeopardy #popmusic #semiquincentennial #bicentennial

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During the Bicentennial, my apartment was right beside the courthouse, which made attending all the festivities easy. Mifflintown, 1976. #bicentennial #celebrate #celebration #celebrations #patriotic #courthouse #mifflintown #juniatacounty #apartmentlife #historical #vintage

Juniata County Courthouse decorated for the Bicentennial. Mifflintown, 1976. #bicentennial #1970s #1976 #celebrate #celebration #200years #200 #anniversary #revolution #founding #foundingfathers #mifflintown #juniatacounty #courthouse #patriotic #bunting #patioticbunting

I loved the "Bicentennial Minutes," which were short, one-minute TV segments broadcast by Shell Oil on CBS from 1974-1976, featuring celebrities telling stories of what happened "200 years ago today" during the American Revolution. History done right. #bicentennial #1970s #history #patriotic

Boston, during a Bicentennial driving trip through New England with Nancy in 1976. Pastel, from an Original Photo, 2018. #pastel #art #artwork #pasteldrawing #drawing #boston #bicentennial #driving #drivingtrip #1970s #1976 #city #cityscape #landscape #newengland #eastcoast

Boston, during a Bicentennial driving trip through New England with Nancy in 1976. Pastel, 2018. #boston #pastel #art #artwork #driving #drivingtrip #trip #vacation #automobiletravel #travel #traveling #vacation #vacationing #holiday #holidaytravel #bicentennial #1970s #summer

Love it

That's how I remember the states from when I was a kid.

The drive from redondo beach into the mountains at Christmas was just like that

I had my first bicycle mac and milkshake 😋 there in 76
#bicentennial

Avengers (2023 series) #33 Chad Hardin USA 250th Homage variant

Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976 Jim Mooney interior art

New #Marvelhomage! Avengers (2023 series) #33 / Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976! #marvel #homage #avengers #usa250th #bicentennial #calendar @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social @chadhardin.bsky.social

#CapeCod #Glassmaking #Bicentennial

THE CAPE COD SANDWICH GLASS MUSEUM
200 years of glassmaking

'We honor two centuries of innovation and craftsmanship in glassmaking. This celebration is a tribute to the rich heritage of glassmaking and to inspire the next generation of glassmakers.'

Amazing Spider-Man (2025 series) #15 Giuseppe Camuncoli USA 250th Homage variant

Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976 Ross Andru interior art

New #Marvelhomage! Amazing Spider-Man (2025 series) #15 / Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976! #marvel #homage #amazingspiderman #spiderman #bicentennial #usa250th @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social

A Bicentennial Sledding Party in the Academia Cemetery on Christmas Day. Juniata County, 1976. #bicentennial #1970s #twentiethcentury #midtwentiethcentury #academia #juniatacounty #sledding #winter #wintersports #winterfun #winterexcitement #winterexcursion #snow #snowing

I gotta check this out this weekend at #FellsPoint ! IT'S FREE! The #ARALibertad was the most spectacular of the #TallShips that visited #NewYorkCity for the #OpSAIL #ParadeOfShips on #July4th1976 for the #BiCENTENNIAL almost 50 years ago!

Funny to see myself as an adult with no facial hair. Soon after this, I grew my beard. 1976. #beard #beards #facialhair #twentiethcentury #midtwentiethcentury #1970s #bicentennial #youth #young #twentysomethings #twentysomething #mifflintown #christmas #christmaseve #Solstice

1976 was this nation's #bicentennial year and they made a big enough deal of that, but the year and the decade were underpinned by ongoing civil unrest and the music reflected this in various ways.

Romanticism of death being a common theme amongst the young.

#3dPrinted this #CakeTopper for my wife's birthday. It's a big one. Only 20 more until her #Bicentennial!! Lmao #Maker #3dPrinter #Funny

This #scarce #history of Central #NewBrunswick is back in stock...this is the 1984 #Bicentennial Edition (originally published in 1937). #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #maps. $55. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #Loyalists #Acadians

📚 Happy Publication Day to Akron at 200! 📚

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#OhioHistory #akron #akronohio #history #bicentennial #universitypress #publicationday