Star Trek's Decicentennial?
Revisiting an artifact
Welcome to Star Trekking, my attempt to share points of interest and random intersections in the final frontier.
Today we’re revisiting the past.
A couple years ago, I sent out a description of the Bicentennial and a related artifact I found. Here is that info, followed by my AMAZING NEW DISCOVERY.
PAST INFO STARTS NOW
The year was 1976, and here in US America we were primed to celebrate the country’s Bicentennial.
I rode the Freedom Train.
I collected coins.
I watched Bicentennial Minutes.
But most of all, I remember the logo.
It was everywhere, burned into the very recesses of my brain.
Heck, I may have had a T-shirt like this.
And there were plenty of media tie-ins, such as The U.S. of Archie.
But there was one tie-in I knew nothing about until this year.
My wife and I were strolling through an antique store where a rack of pinback buttons caught my eye. I still have fistfuls of pinbacks that I collected and wore in the eighties (Oh, hello, Star Trek V logo) but they live in a bucket in a back closet. There aren’t a lot of occasions where I’m eager to pin a big button on my jacket.
Anyway, one pin caught my eye and my wife immediately told me I should buy it so who was I to disobey?
And it took me a moment to comprehend the message, but when I did I was, of course, delighted.
See what they did there?
I did some quick googling but can’t find anything out there about the Star Trek Decicentennial. Who made the buttons? Were they handed out at a particular convention? Do you have any info about it? Let me know.
WELCOME BACK TO TODAY
So after all that, I have a small update.
Last night, I was thumbing through A Star Trek Catalog by Gerry Turnbull, as one does, and came across this.
“Controversial.”
What was the controversy?? Who was Jeffry Gleich??
I do not have the answers. Looks like I need to catch up on some more technical journals.
This evening I will once again gorge myself on burgers and hot dogs and watch other people light fireworks.
And I’ll wear my pin.
E plebnista, friends. E plebnista.
Until next time, remember -
The human adventure is just beginning.