MATT WELCH: The Federal Government Botched the Bicentennial Too. President Lyndon Johnson’s origina

MATT WELCH: The Federal Government Botched the Bicentennial Too. President Lyndon Johnson’s original idea back in 1966 was to use the bicentennial as a showcase for the self-evident glories of…urban renewal. Philadelphia leaders countered with a possible 1976 World Fair, hoping to recapture the glory of the Centennial Exposition a century before. But “an expensive, […]