- A Bicentennial Meal for the Sestercentennial
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Four community cookbooks celebrating the bicentennial. As we approach our sestercentennial in 2026, what makes a meal from 1976? - Bicentennial Pie for Pi Day
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A pie and crust from 1976 for Pi Day. The crust is a coconut crust, and the pie is a whipped orange-gelatin filling. Top it all off with chopped macadamia nuts and you’ve got a pie fit for any holiday. - Bread and butter pickles for National Sandwich Day
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These bread and butter pickles are very easy to make in the fridge. They require no canning. They’re ready in three days. And they’re amazing. - St. Mary’s Altar Society Cookbooks
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The missing index for the St. Mary’s Altar Society cookbooks from 1976 through 1981. - Texas Independence Fried Chicken and Pecan Pie
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Celebrate Texas’s Independence Day with sesame fried chicken and a very easy and very good no-bake pecan pie.
More Information
- The Story of the 1975-1976 American Freedom Train
- “In the early 1970s, Ross Rowland Jr., a young, successful New York commodities broker and occasional steam locomotive engineer, had the idea to celebrate the Bicentennial of the American Revolution with a traveling exhibition of unique and representative artifacts from the 200 year history of the nation.”
- Songs of ’76 (hardcover)
- “A Folksinger’s History of the Revolution… Being a compendium of music and verses, patriotic and treasonous, sung both by the Rebels and the adherents of His Royal Majesty George III.” (Oscar Brand)
- Bicentennial Minute: August 31, 1775
- “A Bicentennial Minute from the summer of 1975 starring Jessica Tandy.”
