Bruce Blackburn designed the star logo for the 1976 American Revolution Bicentennial, the anniversary before America250.
Blackburn was an American graphic designer whose work included major corporate and institutional identities. For the Bicentennial, he created a symbol featuring a white five-pointed star inside a stylized red, white, and blue star. The design was enclosed by the words “American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976.”
The mark appeared widely on government materials, flags, postage stamps, products, and public displays. It became one of the most recognizable pieces of American anniversary design in the twentieth century. An early use appeared on a 1971 special-issue postage stamp, several years before the 1976 celebrations reached their peak.
Blackburn is also associated with NASA’s so-called “worm” logotype, which he designed with Richard Danne. That connection can cause confusion because both designs are famous American graphic symbols, but the Bicentennial star was Blackburn’s own anniversary work.