Patriotic shoppers blast brands for snubbing America 250 while pandering to World Cup fans: This is a big deal

Happy birthday America, sorry your merch sucks.As the Red, White and Blue gears up to celebrate the country’s 250th bithday, shoppers have yet to spot enough patriotic products.  A quick Google search and you’ll see that companies like McDonald’s, Old Navy and more have partnered with the World Cup to drop special merch.But brands that scream America have so far stayed fairly quiet on the nation’s big day.To be fair, McDonald’s did bring back its cult-classic Apple Pie for a limited time.

But fans say if they really loved America, they would make it permanent.Old Navy has started selling its classic Fourth of July gear, but only two tops have the “250” celebration — and they are sold out.Regardless, shoppers want more.In a Facebook post titled, “Why are companies not celebrating the 250th anniversary,” shoppers revealed that while there are some items — there’s just not enough. The Facebook group has garnered over 660 comments — and counting — with the poster writing, “I’m curious if anyone else has noticed a severe lack of companies celebrating the 250th. There’s a ton of support for this stupid soccer game that, I assume, happens every year, but barely a mention of a once in forever event.”  The commenter was referring to the World Cup which happens every four years.Many of America’s most loyal reminisced about the 200th celebration that happened back in 1976.Also known as the Bicentennial, America was reeling from a few major events.

The Vietnam War had ended in 1975 and the Watergate scandal just a few years before that. However, despite the challenges in America and abroad, some folks look back with a “Wonder Years” feeling.“I was 13 in 1976 and I remember everything had USA or 1776-1976 on it.I remember buying looseleaf notebook paper for school with a 1776-1976 and the Liberty Bell watermark and alternating red and blue lines on the paper.

There were many more items.It was impossible to escape the hype,�...