Bruce Blackburn designed the star logo for the 1976 United States Bicentennial.
Blackburn was a graphic designer who worked at the New York firm Chermayeff & Geismar. His Bicentennial symbol used a white five-pointed star inside a larger red, white, and blue stylized star. The design became one of the most recognizable visual marks of the 1976 celebration.
The symbol appeared on official materials, government stationery, flags, postage stamps, souvenirs, and other products. It was first used publicly on a 1971 commemorative postage stamp, years before the anniversary year itself.
Blackburn is also associated with NASA’s “worm” logotype, which he designed with Richard Danne. That partnership can cause confusion: Danne helped create the NASA identity, but Blackburn is credited with the American Revolution Bicentennial star. America250 has its own modern branding rather than reusing the 1976 symbol.