'America's 250th birthday is our 50th anniversary'

'America's 250th birthday is our 50th anniversary'To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be played'America's 250th birthday is our 50th anniversary'CloseFor Roger Lieb and Bonnie Taff, this 4 July is a double celebration. Their 50th wedding anniversary falls on America’s 250th birthday.The California couple, both 82, wed on 4 July 1976 – America's bicentennial. With huge fireworks and parties across the US, they say it felt like the whole country was celebrating with them.Fifty years later the pair, and their best friend who was at the wedding, tell the BBC how it felt to mark the two milestones at what was "a very celebratory time" for the nation.Video by Ian Aikman, filmed by Meiying Wu.SubsectionUS & CanadaPublished1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated topicsUnited StatesFollow United Statesclose panelYou are now following United StatesUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.US & CanadaFollow US & Canadaclose panelYou are now following US & CanadaUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.WeddingsFollow Weddingsclose panelYou are now following WeddingsUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.Read description