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VOLUME 3, APRIL 1976
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, 2401 E St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20276
Bells to Peal Across Nation on July 4
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Listeners Tell It Like It Is On American Issues Public Radio Forum Call-In Talks
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Bicentennial
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Final Grants
Are Available
To State Units
BY MICHAEL WEISS
Public Information Officer
National Public Radio
that build adequate apartments and then
leave them to be mismanaged by private
realtors.
In the words of a Cincinnati caller, “We
should be angrier about these programs.
There’s not enough marching on Wash-
ington any more.”
While many citizens were frustrated
over present ills, there’s also a wariness
about the past. Consider America’s pe-
riod of westward expansion. A Louisville,
Ky., observer noted that the history
books have continued to ignore the
contribution of the black cowboy be-
cause of a conscience that’s yet to come
to grips with racial prejudice. From Alex-
andria, Va., a woman added that the
pioneer spirit of the prairies required
“aggressive, independent policies that
weren’t accountable to other people —
especially the Indians.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial begins an 111-
day program of paying tribute to the 50 states, the
four territories and the District of Columbia, begin-
ning May 21. The carved sculptures of Washington,
Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt atop the
rugged mountain monument will look down upon an
impressive array of Bicentennial activities.
What are Americans really concerned
with during the bicentennial year?
According to a National Public Radio
program, the answer is: present-day
problems and finding solutions that won’t
create bigger problems in the future.
These are the sober conclusions of
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Join With Sound
of Liberty Bell
At 2 P.M. EDT
A simultaneous nationwide ring-
ing of bells on July 4 will herald the
country’s entry into its third century.
Communities, churches, schools,
fire departments, universities and in-
dividuals at home and abroad will toll
bells and carillons in conjunction
with the ringing of the Liberty Bell in
Philadelphia at 2 p.m. Eastern Day-
light Time.
The time selected according to Con-
gressional legislation is exactly 200 years
from the precise moment that the Liberty
Bell proclaimed the independence of the
new nation. The bell ringing will continue
for a full two minutes in commemoration
of the passing of the first two centuries of
American nationhood.
With most of the country on daylight
saving time, the corresponding times
elsewhere are 1 p.m. Central Daylight
Time, at noon Mountain Daylight Time,
and 11 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Alaska
stretches over four time zones, ranging
from Pacific time to American Samoa
time. In Guam it will be 5 a.m. July 5,
while in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Is-
lands it will be 2 p.m. July 4.
ARBA Administrator John W. Warner
announced the nationwide ceremony af-
ter consultation with community, state
and regional Bicentennial officials at a
special Bicentennial Weekend planning
meeting held in Denver, Colorado. Many
communities around the nation had al-
ready planned bell-ringing as part of their
July 4 programs.
The simultaneous ringing of bells
throughout the United States to celebrate
the anniversary of the adoption of the
Declaration of Independence is called for
in Senate Concurrent Resolution 25 of
the United States Congress which sets
the date and time as July 4 at 2 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Saving Time. The reso-
lution urges civic and community leaders
across the nation to take steps to encour-
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The American Revolution Bicentennial
Administration has announced the avail-
ability of an additional $40,000 per state
in matching grant money for support of
projects and programs for the nation’s
Bicentennial.
Totalling $2.2 million, the money
comes from net revenues from the sale of
Bicentennial medals and ARBA’s com-
memorative licensing program.
This is the fourth, and last, increment
of $40,000 non-appropriated grants to be
provided to each of the 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Ameri-
can Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
As in the past, all money in the latest
grant program will be awarded through
State Bicentennial Commissions which
will also monitor the grants. Projects to
be supported may be conducted directly
by the State Commissions or by state or
local government agencies or non-profit
organizations.
Up to $12,500 of the money can be
used without matching funds, to provide
administrative support for the State Bi-
centennial Commission so desiring.
Because the Bicentennial year is well
underway, states so desiring may use the
grant funds to implement projects pre-
viously submitted, without public notice
within their State of the availability of the
funds. The grants can also be used to
support the July 4th weekend activities
and Bicentennial visitor impact costs at
the discretion of each State.
The latest program brings the total
non-appropriated grant money provided
to the States for local Bicentennial activi-
ties to $8.8 million in the four years mo-
ney has been available from the sale of
commemoratives.
Each state has also been eligible for
$200,000 in matching grant money from
$11 million appropriated by the Congress
for Bicentennial activities. On the aver-
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“What’s changed in the American
psyche,” she asked, “from the frontier
society to the last 15 years and our treat-
ment of people in Cambodia and South-
east Asia?”
Basically, today’s citizen has become
a skeptic — a hardened veteran of sur-
veys, findings, and commissions. Listen-
ers who phoned in ideas “backed by a
recent report” were typically asked to cite
the source of that report. And occasion-
ally they were confronted by other callers
with an opposing view, also “backed by a
recent report.”
People still articulate the colonist’s
desire to pursue life, liberty, and happi-
ness. But there’s a caution about the
plans — in some cases, the chances —
for achieving this end under the current
social framework. Americans recognize
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“American Issues Radio Forum,” NPR’s
bicentennial series underwritten by the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
Featuring call-in discussions on the
monthly topics of the American Issues
Forum, the NPR programs have become
a giant town hall of the air. Since last
September, more than 1,000 citizens from
Maine to California have participated in
the forums, but their interest has been
hardly self-congratulatory.
From Moscow, Idaho, a woman called
to express her fears of developers turning
nearby farmland into “an asphalt jungle.”
A man from Rochester, N.Y., said he was
disturbed by data file banks kept by busi-
nesses about his character. A Chicago
caller asked whether the Alaska pipeline
project will slow development of solar
technology in the future.
An elderly woman from New York City
complained of federal housing agencies
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Mt. Rushmore
State Tributes
Start May 21
The American states and territories
and the District of Columbia will be hon-
ored during an extensive celebration
beginning May 21 at the famous Mount
Rushmore National Memorial in the
Black Hills of South Dakota, designated
as a national Bicentennial focal point.
The 111-day observance, lasting
through September 8, is being planned
by the National Park Service and the
State of South Dakota. Two days have
been set aside for each state and terri-
tory.
First to be honored during the month
of May are: the District of Columbia, May
21-22; American Samoa, 23-24; Guam,
25-26; Puerto Rico, 27-28; and the Virgin
Islands, 29-30. Alabama will be honored
on May 31 and June 1.
Ceremonies during the state days will
include appearances by Governors or
state representatives. Vacationers from
the honored state who happen to be
present at the Memorial on their state’s
day will be included in the ceremonies.
As part of each state’s observance, its
flag will fly near the Lincoln face on the
memorial.
South Dakota Gov. Richard Kneip has
asked that citizens of states being hon-
ored join their Governor in flag presen-
tation ceremonies during evening light-
ing at the memorial. At the end of the two
days, each state’s flag will be lowered
from its mountain perch and presented to
its Governor.
The Park Service will continue to fly
the state flags in a permanent Avenue of
Flags being established at Mount Rush-
more.
In addition to the all-states celebra-
tion, a series of related activities will take
place during the summer including the
appearance of 11 bands from foreign
countries, the performance of musical
compositions written especially for the
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monthly topics of the national American
Issues Forum calendar. The following article is
based on the listener comments aired during
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