Village Videos: Watch Tinley Park Celebrate Fourth of July 45 Years Ago

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As you wind down from another Fourth of July holiday, do you wonder what Tinley Park residents in 2058 will think of the photos and videos of this year's Independence Day celebration? You know, the ones they can still check out on the Tinley Park Mega Patch site thanks to their net-connected Google Contact optic nerve implants.

Let's face it: The thought didn't cross your mind until I mentioned it. That's just human nature. It's not as if the participants in Tinley Park's Fourth of July parade from 1968 were thinking that as they marched down Oak Park Avenue 45 years ago.

But here we are in 2013, and thanks to an outlet (YouTube) viewed on a medium (the Internet) that didn't exist in 1968 millions of people across the planet can see what Tinley Park looked like more than four decades ago. (Editor's Note: If you're reading this article on a mobile device, go to the video's YouTube page to view it.)

WATCH: Check Out Fourth of July Fun in Tinley Park Caught on Camera

Do you think these people, living in a world where the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. is news and not history, can even imagine a time when the United States would have a black, two-term president? Or that one of the best shows on TV in 2013 deals with ad executives from their present?

Maybe that means we should expect the people in 2058 to be busy watching a TV series about hipsters who create cute cat videos for the web. Wait, will TV even still exist?

YOUR TURN: Do you remember lining Oak Park Avenue to watch this parade in 1968? Or did you march in it? reminisce and share what it was like in the comments section.