Bruce Blackburn designed the American Revolution Bicentennial symbol used during the major 1976 celebrations.
The emblem featured a white five-point star inside a stylized red, white, and blue star. Blackburn used two overlapping stars to suggest the two centuries represented by the anniversary. The design appeared on flags, letterhead, postage stamps, tax forms, trains, and countless commemorative products.
Blackburn is also known for co-designing NASA’s “worm” logotype with Richard Danne. That connection can cause confusion, because Danne was Blackburn’s partner on the NASA project but was not the credited creator of the Bicentennial symbol. The symbol’s broad use made it one of the most recognizable pieces of American graphic design from the 1970s.