Who designed the United States Bicentennial logo used during the 1976 celebrations?

Bruce Blackburn designed the United States Bicentennial logo used during the 1976 celebrations.

Blackburn created the logo as a white five-point star inside a stylized red, white, and blue star. The design was surrounded by the words “American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976” in Helvetica. It became a highly visible symbol of the national commemoration.

The emblem appeared on government materials, flags, souvenirs, postage stamps, and other products during the Bicentennial era. NASA even painted it on the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in 1976; it remained there until 1998.

Blackburn was also associated with the modernized NASA insignia, commonly called the “meatball” logo. Saul Bass, Paul Rand, and Milton Glaser were influential designers of major corporate or cultural identities, but none designed the official American Revolution Bicentennial logo.