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The Missed Opportunity of the Semiquincentennial Minute, by Greg Maresca – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

The Missed Opportunity of the Semiquincentennial Minute, by Greg Maresca

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A Revolution begins. A Nation is born. At Minute Man National Historical Park the opening battle of the Revolution is brought to life as visitors explore the battlefields and witness the American revolutionary spirit through the writings of the Concord authors in 1976 (National Park Service Digital Image Archives/Wikimedia Commons)

By Greg Maresca, The American Spectator, June 26, 2026

In a divided country, it might have been enough to remind Americans that they still share a story.

As America marches toward its 250th birthday, a revival of CBS’s Bicentennial Minutes, the nightly Emmy-winning feature that aired from July 4, 1974, through December 31, 1976, would have been a scheduling coup on any and all media platforms.

For those old enough to recall, the Bicentennial Minutes was a one-minute historical vignette featured at the end of CBS’s primetime programming during the run-up to America’s 200th birthday. Each segment marked what had happened on that particular day “two hundred years ago,” turning America’s Revolution into a daily chronicle that was graceful and thought-provoking. …

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