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Definition of bicentennial
: a 200th anniversary or its celebration
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Ivey kicked off the state's three-year bicentennial celebration on May 5 along Mobile's waterfront.
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July 12, 2017 —Today marks the bicentennial of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, although not everyone will be inspired to celebrate.
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The still-working N.Y. waterway known as the Erie Canal, celebrating the bicentennial of its birth this year, is now a draw for vacationers.
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In 1976, it was spruced up for the nation's bicentennial.
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July Fourth was nearing and the United States was preparing for its bicentennial, with hundreds of ships from all over the world coming to New York to celebrate.
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On the Fourth that year, Hansen was in his house in the more liberal Grove section of Fire Island celebrating the bicentennial with two women and seven men.
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What better way to get in tune with bicentennial America than cruising across the Great Plains in a giant station wagon on a road trip to visit Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln?
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To celebrate its bicentennial, Farmers' Almanac is reprinting articles that appeared decades ago.
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First Known Use of bicentennial
1848
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: a 200th anniversary or its celebration
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