This blog posted weekly essays exploring historical themes related to Route 76 in Virginia from January 2025 through June 2026. The essays are posted below in reverse chronological order, with the most recent first. All of the blog essays are available (link) in the collection, ’76 Stories Inspired by the Bikecentennial in Virginia, by E. Thomas Ewing and Grace Kostrzebski. No further essays will be posted on the blog. Thank you for reading.
June 24, 2026: Bikecentennial Stories (link)
June 18, 2026: A Change in Perspectives (link)
June 11, 2026: Biker Brooks (link)
June 4, 2026: Watch for Dogs (link)
May 28, 2026: Flying Dutchmen (link)
May 14, 2026: Glad I Took the Trip (link)
May 7, 2026: Paul Carnahan 1976 (link)
April 30, 2026: Bicycle Safety Month (link)
April 23, 2026: Cycling Can Cure Gas Pump Tension (link)
April 16, 2026: Oshkosh cyclists finish Bikecentennial (link)
April 9, 2026: Kevin Hume 1976 (link)
April 1, 2026: Portsmouth Bicycle Parade 1926 (link)
March 26, 2026: Dillard Gravely, Cyclist (link)
March 19, 2026: Yorktown to Radford (link)
March 12, 2026: Energy Crisis (link)
March 5, 2026: The Immigrant (link)
February 26, 2026: Beth Heiden (link)
February 19, 2026: Ride Across America ca 1925 (link)
February 12, 2026: I Like the Challenge (link)
February 5, 2026: Squish Westward (link)
January 29, 2026: Rock Creek Trail (link)
January 22, 2026: Pedal Power: Sumter Rider (link)
January 15, 2026: 200 Years of Common Sense (link)
January 8, 2026: Bicentennial Year (link)
December 31, 2025: Holiday Bicycle Ball (link)
December 23, 2025: Health & Happiness (link)
December 18, 2025: Christmas Bicycles (link)
December 11, 2025: Bicycle Safety Triangles (link)
December 4, 2025: Germs Love Crowds (link)
November 27, 2025: Thanksgiving Bicycle Parades (link)
November 20, 2025: An Extraordinary Feat (link)
November 13, 2025: Dunmore Proclamation (link)
November 6, 2025: Draper Mural (link)
October 30, 2025: Benefits of Bicycle Tourism (link)
October 23, 2025: A Summer on Wheels for $500 (link)
October 16, 2025: Newspaper Carriers on Bicycles ca 1975 (link)
October 9, 2025: Bicycles & Public Art (link)
October 2, 2025: Perilous Rides and Foolhardy Feats (link)
September 25, 2025: Trolley Lines and Bicycle Trails (link)
September 18, 2025: Bicycles and Films, in memory of Robert Redford (link)
September 11, 2025: Advising Consumers about Cycling Safety (link)
September 4, 2025: Fed Employee Quits Job to Bike US (link)
August 28, 2025: Born to Run (link)
August 21, 2025: Palmyra Bicycle Repair Station (link)
August 14, 2025: Arthur Ashe, Richmond, and Bicycling (link)
August 7, 2025: Freedom in 1775 (link)
July 31, 2025: Girl Cashier Seeks ‘Bike’ Fame (link)
July 24, 2025: Dr Pepper, Rural Retreat, and Route 76 (link)
July 17, 2025: Tour de France 1975 (link)
July 10, 2025: Cousins, Collateral Damage, and the Civil War (link)
July 3, 2025: Uncle Sam on a Bicycle (link)
June 26, 2025: Bicycle Parades in the Gilded Age (link)
June 19, 2025: Juneteenth ca 1975 (link)
June 12, 2025: Circles, Bicycles… and Popes? (link)
June 5, 2025: John Casor: First Man Enslaved? (link)
May 29, 2025: Julius Bitter, Bicycling Teacher (link)
May 22, 2025: Die or Be Free (link)
May 15, 2025: Mystery Cyclist (link)
May 8, 2025: Bicycles & Trains (link)
May 1, 2025: Bicycle Month (link)
April 24, 2025: Virginia Creeper Trail (link)
April 17, 2025: Gunpowder Incident (link)
April 10, 2025: Earth Day (link)
April 3, 1775: Lexington and Concord, 1775 (link)
March 27, 2025: Aline Black and the Struggle for Equal Rights (link)
March 20, 2025: Give Me Liberty! (link)
March 13, 2025: Women’s Rights and Bicycles (link)
March 6, 2025: Women’s Bicycle Racing, 1890s and 2020s (link)
February 27, 2025: Major Taylor Champion Cyclist (link)
February 20, 2025: Civil Rights along Route 76 (link)
February 13, 2025: John Punch (link)
February 6, 2025: Booker T. Washington’s Speech (link)
January 30, 2025: 1876 Centennial Celebrations (link)
January 23, 2025: Dear Dr Bicycle (link)
January 16, 2025: Fincastle Resolutions (link)
January 9, 2025: President Carter & Bicycles (link)
January 2, 2025: Virginian Railway Underpass near Blacksburg (link)
