Sunday, September 30, 2018

National Bicentennial Celebration 1976

In 1976 the Bicentennial Celebration for the United States was held across the land, and St. Tammany Parish put together one of the most festive events. The planned activities to observe the 200th Anniversary of the nation included parades, costumes, and cannons.






Click above for a WARB radio broadcast of the Bicentennial Events live from the fairgrounds in Covington.





A July 1976 re-enactment of a 1779 event on the Mandeville lakefront.