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1976 BY-HI BYRON HIGH SCHOOL BYRON, ILLINOIS e-i9i 6 . Something is happening in America, something as heart-stirring as distant trumpets. A resurging national spirit is drawing people together, despite their diversifications, to preserve our heritage. Americans in 1976 are joyfully uniting to celebrate the Bicentennial. The celebration is the biggest national commotion since the California Gold Rush. Cities, towns, and villages are all commemorating the historical events of two hundred years ago which mark our country's birth. In the Declaration of Independence, Americans sought a basis for maintain- ing the rights that they felt so fundamental—speech, press, assembly, freedom of religion, the right against unreasonable search and seizure, due process of law. They realized that these belonged to mankind generally. These were natural rights, rights that were unalienable, which government could not abrogate. These unalienable rights are what have brought millions of people to America's shores. Our country offers the self-fulfillment of being free and inde- pendent. As Thomas Wolfe puts it, , . . to every man the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become whatever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him--this, seeker, is the promise of America. This melting pot has formed a country that we should indeed be proud of. We are rediscovering that pride as we capture the wonderful red, white, and blue spirit of the Bicentennial. President Gerald Ford outlined his theory of the national festivities when he said, Let us all, during the coming months, study carefully the character, study the qualities of the men who founded this Nation. Let us try to grasp the stuff that was inside of each of them and all of them collectively. And then, let us re- lease, if we can, the same spirit within ourselves. We have the same capacity for unity, discipline and sacrifice. Let us show the world that the character and quality of the American people has not changed in two hundred years. With these words, we dedicate this 1976 Byron High School yearbook to the men and women who founded the basic principles of our democracy and made this Bicentennial celebration possible.
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Our School OUR STAFF Editor Rick Hahn Co-editor Jane Baker Photographers Dennis Reber Kim Hoglund Copy Writers Lucy Debnam Libby Jarrett Typists Darcie Frye Debbie Frye Advertisers Kim Anderson Lori Hamer Mark Manley Cathy Zoet Adviser Mrs. Lois Hobart
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