originally conceived as an annex to main street u.s.a. for disneyland in anaheim, the idea was revisited when the magic kingdom was being designed in the late 1960s. the need arose for an area analogous to, but distinct from, new orleans square at disneyland. walt disney imagineering decided on an early american, eighteenth century theme, with special concentration on the american revolutionary war, as the bicentennial would occur soon in 1976.