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R we retrace me relive our live he bicentennial year proved to be a time of reflec- tions. Observing the past, analyzing the present, and con- templating the future dominated thinking. Restoring bits of our heritage became a major activity. Bicentennial Minute, A Moment in Fort Wayne ' s His- tory, and Hoosier Album hit the air waves and the Freedom Train chugged into town loaded with two hun- dred years of history. Exhibits featuring the Constitution, Hank Aaron ' s ball and bat used to hit number 71 5, the . dress Judy Garland wore in THE WIZARD OF OZ, and Kareem Abdul Jabbar ' s converse stocked the 25 red, white, and blue cars. Fort Wayne caught on to the idea of preserving the past with efforts to rebuild Fort Wayne, the Canal House, and the Diehm Museum while the Johnny Appleseed Festival revived early American crafts. Build- ings on the Landing fell with the wrecking ball as efforts to save the charred structures failed. Several projects to recreate the past reaked with the money-making odor of the present. Bicentennial slogans rocked the advertising world while red, white, and blue trinkets cluttered store shelves and even the coins to buy the items turned bicentennial. Some activities focused on the present. Steve Bates and crew captured a first place in the home-made division of the Raft Race during the Three Rivers Festival. A model congress sponsored by the Bicentennial Commission also added to the mood of the times. Reflecting toward the future slipped into ' 76. The metric system seeped into Gens ' worlds with Celsius temperature readings and highway kilometer signs. Fort Wayne ' s sister city relations with Takaoka, Japan and the Peabody Report recommending integration of elementary schools forecasted better human relations. The Alaskan pipeline further reflected toward the future as it guaranteed energy in Generals ' life-times.
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Shxmmtr mm. Reflections of summer Ripple through my mind. Hazy images of breezy summer evenings and sultry afternoons, Those times we shared together, Echo in my mind. . . ■-■ - — v--. ::- -.- . ' v
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