Kathleen Ripley Leo We are a people in a bright shining land, where enlightened love blooms in every corner of our hearts. We look to our mountains for insight. deep gorges, wind-swept plains, lakes, our salt caverns, murmuring oil reserves, these are miracles we give thanks for. We count each leaf in our forests, every…
Tag: Bicentennial
July 2026, Features
Then and Now: 50 Years of Stars, Stripes, and 7UP
Dan Harris In 1976, for America’s Bicentennial, Dan Harris of Unit 44 carefully stacked 50 commemorative 7UP cans—one for each state—into a towering Uncle Sam “I Want You” mosaic. Fifty years later, he stacks up the same cans to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary. (1976 photo taken by Peter Leabo for the Bryan-College Station (Texas)…