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  "path": "/2026/07/04/on-this-day-july-4th-1976/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-04T05:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://ford.blogs.archives.gov",
  "tags": [
    "Betty Ford",
    "Bicentennial",
    "First Kids",
    "Ford50",
    "Gerald R. Ford",
    "Holidays",
    "National Parks"
  ],
  "textContent": "Fifty years ago, the country celebrated the Bicentennial, marking 200 years since declaring independence from Great Britain. President Ford was in office that day, and he made the most of nearly every minute of it! Using the President’s Daily Diary – a minute by minute log of the President’s official and social activities – we […]",
  "title": "On this Day (July 4th, 1976)"
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