Celebrating 250 Years of Our Nation’s Independence & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #814

2026-07-03 08:34

From blog Shelbee on the Edge

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Celebrating 250 Years of Our Nation’s Independence & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #814

Tomorrow marks the 250th anniversary of Independence Day in the United States of America. If you are as old as me then you were around for the 200th anniversary. I was 2 years old for our bicentennial celebration and now I’m 52 as we celebrate our semiquincentennial anniversary. Back in 1976, my mother made bicentennial costumes for me and my older sisters and then she had professional portraits taken of us wearing them. This photo is a family favorite and makes an appearance every Fourth of July. I’m the littlest one…on the left with the blonde hair. I think I might have enjoyed life as a blonde but it wasn’t too long after this photo that my...

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