Unity and Progress: Reflections on President Ford and the Bicentennial

In our preparations for the Semiquincentennial, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum is reflecting on the Bicentennial in 1976, for perspective on the upcoming celebrations. What we’ve found is that while planning for the events had begun during the post-war optimism of the 1950s, by the 1970s many Americans were also worried that […]