The People’s Bicentennial
Sun Oct 25, 2pm
Radical history exhibit
This event is in the past.It took place on June 30, 2026 at Hatcher Graduate Library.
Burns Park, Ann Arbor
📜From the Labadie Collection, America's oldest radical archive
🎟️Free and open to the public
Step back from the fireworks and corporate fanfare to explore the forgotten side of America's 200th birthday. This exhibit unearths original artifacts from the People's Bicentennial Commission, a scrappy group that staged counter-celebrations and protests against the official 1976 commemoration. Drawn from the renowned Labadie Collection, these pamphlets, posters, and ephemera capture a moment when patriotism meant asking hard questions.
counterculture artifacts
social protest history
free gallery
academic setting
Burns Park, Ann Arbor
📜From the Labadie Collection, America's oldest radical archive
🎟️Free and open to the public
Step back from the fireworks and corporate fanfare to explore the forgotten side of America's 200th birthday. This exhibit unearths original artifacts from the People's Bicentennial Commission, a scrappy group that staged counter-celebrations and protests against the official 1976 commemoration. Drawn from the renowned Labadie Collection, these pamphlets, posters, and ephemera capture a moment when patriotism meant asking hard questions.
counterculture artifacts
social protest history
free gallery
academic setting
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- counterculture artifacts
- social protest history
- free gallery
- academic setting
- Hatcher Graduate Library
- Burns Park
- Ann Arbor
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