The “fabric” of @MtnViewCA: Visit the Mountain View Public Library this Sunday to look back at how the city celebrated the USA’s #Bicentennial. Then create artwork about its 250th birthday, which will form a "quilt" capturing the #SpiritOf76 – and of 2026! bit.ly/4hXtYBG

Guten tag, @MtnViewCA! This weekend’s #OctoberFest2026 has us looking back to 1970, when the @LosAltosTownCrier featured three Quadalco Club members “practicing drinking out of beer steins.” The club’s Octoberfest that year raised money for MV’s Santa Clause Exchange Program.

“The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it.” – Dylan Thomas. On today, #NationalPoetryDay, we celebrate by recalling a poem titled “Autumn Leaves” by Arthur Ushiro, Mountain View Union High School class of 1933. @MtnViewCA mountainviewhistorical.org

Turning back the clock...50 years: Artifacts from the @MtnViewCA bicentennial time capsule, “buried” a half-century ago, are now on display at the MV Public Library, 585 Franklin St., 2nd floor. Come see the range of items & bask in the #nostalgia! The display runs thru October.

The Sprit of ’76 lives on! Join us as we review local #Bicentennial celebrations of 1976, this Sunday, Aug. 9, 4:30pm, Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos. The event will include a private showing of a special exhibit. Register at MVhistory.eventbrite.com

#Innovation runs through our veins: Coinciding with today's Technology Showcase in Civic Center Plaza, we're showcasing panels celebrating @MtnViewCA residents' #innovations over the past century+. The panels will be on display in the rotunda until tomorrow at 7:00pm. @ChamberMV

Well, color me patriotic! To celebrate the #USA’s #Bicentennial in 1976, cities across the country allowed residents to paint fire hydrants in various colors and designs, and @MtnViewCA was no exception: Residents painted 186 hydrants -- $6 for one, including paint! #FourthOfJuly

To quote the legendary band @Aerosmith, “Walk this way!” You can walk this way, that way and all over at the MVHA’s first #HistoricDowntown #WalkingTour of the summer, which will take place next Sunday, June 28, 2:00pm. For more info and to sign up go to: bit.ly/4xUJLIT

#History plus #Art at the train depot: MVHA board members celebrated the unveiling of new @HelloJThomas artwork adorning the @MtnViewCA train depot. The MVHA advised on the art. Clockwise from left: IdaRose Sylvester, Robert Cox, David Salinero, Carol Donahue, and Pamela Baird.

What’s in a name? Plenty! Join us Sunday, May 3, 2:00pm, when Robert Cox and Melanie Kaye of the MVHA share the origins and #historical significance of @MtnViewCA’s many well-traveled avenues: Community Room, Mountain View Public Library. Register at mountainview.libcal.com/even…

It’s April: The sun’s back, the air’s fresh and our walking shoes could use an outing! So, join the MVHA for our next expert-led #WalkingTour of downtown @MtnViewCA, Sunday, April 26, 2:00pm. The tour starts at Centennial Plaza. Reservations are required: MVHistory.Eventbrite.com.

Spring has sprung – and so has @MtnViewCA’s volunteering spirit! We look forward to participating in the city’s Spring Volunteer Fair, April 18. Mountain View for generations has thrived not just on #innovation but on #volunteerism. See you at the fair! @MountainViewRecreation

They were told, “Go fly a kite.” – so they did! @MtnViewCA in 1976 hosted a yearlong series of programs & activities to mark the #AmericanBicentennial, including a kite-flying contest on March 20 of that year. Kites flown by kids & adults were judged in a variety of categories.

Put a spring in your step as you step into spring! Join the MVHA for the season's first #WalkingTour of @MtnViewCA’s historic downtown next Sunday, March 22, 2:00pm. The expert-led walking tour begins at Centennial Plaza and requires reservations -- go to MVHistory.Eventbrite.com.

A rose by any other name... Today is #PlantAFlowerDay – & @MtnViewCA residents for decades had plenty of flower options: The Ferry-Morse Seed Company’s western HQ was at Evelyn Ave. & Whisman Rd. from 1951 to 1985, during which it was the world’s largest flower & vegetable mill.

#History, then and now: 2026 marks 250 years since the #DeclarationOfIndependence was signed. Fifty years ago, Bicentennial events were held across the U.S., while in @MtnViewCA a #VolunteerCommittee planned huge celebrations. This year, the MVHA will highlight stories from them.

Attention nostalgic @MountainViewCA residents: Today is #NationalRetroDay! Whatever past era you recall most fondly, today’s the day to recognize it. Say, for example, the ‘50s -- pictured is Castro St. in 1959. Keen eyes will pick out part of what was the Mountain View Theater.

There’s a first time for everything! If you haven’t taken one of our expert-led walking tours of @MtnViewCA’s historic downtown, now’s your chance: The first MVHA #WalkingTour of 2026 takes place Sunday, Feb. 22, 2:00pm. Reservations required, so go to MVHistory.Eventbrite.com.

Start shooting those arrows, Cupid; tomorrow's #ValentinesDay! Lovers for centuries have expressed their affection for one another in a variety of ways. Cards like this (saved in the archives of the History Center in the @MtnViewCA public library) were common in the early 1900s.

Super in @MtnViewCA: With the #SuperBowl right around the corner – almost literally; it’s just two cities away! – let’s highlight another super #football team: the 1921 Mountain View High School squad that went 4-2 that year. They ended the season by beating San Jose High, 34-0!