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  "path": "/2026/06/08/unity-and-progress-reflections-on-president-ford-and-the-bicentennial/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T11:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://ford.blogs.archives.gov",
  "tags": [
    "Bicentennial",
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    "Gerald R. Ford"
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  "textContent": "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 […]",
  "title": "Unity and Progress: Reflections on President Ford and the Bicentennial"
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