Liberty Weekend July 4, 1986 Part 1

Coverage from 1986 of the Fourth of July and the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty from ABC News and CNN. Part 1 of 2 - Peter Jennings narrates ABC coverage.

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[ambergrrrl1]

My Grampa Gene Evans was one of the pyrotechnic designers for this celebration. Thanks so much for sharing this awesome footage with us. I would like to put a link for it on my facebook page, if you don't mind.

[TooleMan87]

@ambergrrrl1 Go right ahead.

[ultraback29]

I'm typing this on the 25th anniversary of this celebration.

It was the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. To mark this milestone, commemorative coins were sold and I was one of the purchasers. I bought them from K-Mart.

[baylinkdashyt]

Same question to you as to TVnutboy: Can you locate Hugh Downs telling Sam Donaldson to shut up while anchoring the ABC coverage of this?



[Chewie316]

@alexkinney87 the transmitter where tv and radio signals were sent through.

[alexkinney87]

What is that light on top of One World Trade Center?

[okebaram]

Do you have the part where Sandi Patty sings the Star Spangled Banner

[DisneyFireworks]

What a throwback to the past! Never seen this fireworks show on TV since I remember watching when I was 7. I used to be afraid of fireworks since I was a kid. Great to see the fireworks from the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty back once again! Thank you very much!