Excerpts from PBC newspaper (1976)
Title
Excerpts from PBC newspaper (1976)
Description
Black-and-white excerpts from the PBC newspaper, Common Sense, as reprinted in "The Attempt to Steal the Bicentennial."
Image description: A two-page. black-and-white reprint of two images. The image on the left shows the front page of the newspaper Common Sense. A photograph of Gerald Ford speaking at the North Bridge is overlaid with the text "Why aren't these men smiling?" Colonial re-enactors are visible on the bridge behind Ford. The image on the right bears the following text: "Join the midnight ride to Concord Bridge! The 200th Anniversary of 'the shots heard round the world!' Send a message to Wall Street. People's Bicentennial Commission. (617) 217-1851. 490 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. April 19, 1975." The bottom half of the text is arranged around a silhouette of Paul Revere on his horse.
Image description: A two-page. black-and-white reprint of two images. The image on the left shows the front page of the newspaper Common Sense. A photograph of Gerald Ford speaking at the North Bridge is overlaid with the text "Why aren't these men smiling?" Colonial re-enactors are visible on the bridge behind Ford. The image on the right bears the following text: "Join the midnight ride to Concord Bridge! The 200th Anniversary of 'the shots heard round the world!' Send a message to Wall Street. People's Bicentennial Commission. (617) 217-1851. 490 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. April 19, 1975." The bottom half of the text is arranged around a silhouette of Paul Revere on his horse.
Creator
People's Bicentennial Commission
Source
"The Attempt to Steal the Bicentennial: The People's Bicentennial Commission"
Publisher
US Government Printing Office
Date
1976
Format
Image
Citation
People's Bicentennial Commission, “Excerpts from PBC newspaper (1976),” William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library, accessed July 12, 2025, https://mail.sc.concordlibrary.org/items/show/5356.