On what date did the United States Bicentennial celebrations culminate?

The United States Bicentennial celebrations culminated on July 4, 1976.

The date marked the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Bicentennial observances began years earlier and included ceremonies, exhibitions, parades, educational programs, and commemorative projects across the country.

President Gerald Ford participated in the national celebrations, which emphasized the history of the American Revolution and the creation of the United States. Philadelphia, where the Declaration had been adopted in 1776, was a major focus of the anniversary observances.

The government also issued special Bicentennial coins. The quarter, half dollar, and dollar received dual-date designs reading 1776–1976. The Bicentennial was not the country’s centennial, which had been observed in 1876, nor its sesquicentennial, marked in 1926.