United States Bicentennial - Logo

Logo

ARBA selected a logo via contest in 1974. The winning design was by Bruce N. Blackburn, who was also co-designer of the modernized NASA insignia used from 1975 to 1992. The logo consisted of a white five-point star inside a stylized star of red, white and blue. It was encircled by the inscription American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976 in black block letters. The logo was made into a flag that was flown at many government facilities throughout the United States. It appeared on many other souvenirs and postage stamps issued by the Postal Service. NASA painted the logo on the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in 1976 but painted the NASA emblem over it in 1998 for the agency's 40th anniversary.

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