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While in Philadelphia on July 6, 1976, Queen Elizabeth presented the Bicentennial Bell on behalf of the British people. The bell is a replica of the Liberty Bell, cast at the same foundry—Whitechapel Bell Foundry—and bearing the inscription "For the People of the United States of America from the People of Britain 4 July 1976 LET FREEDOM RING."
It began with the issuance of a stamp showing the logo for the Bicentennial celebrations on July 4, 1971, and concluded on September 2, 1983, with a stamp for the Treaty of Paris. While many of the stamps showed the Bicentennial logo as a design element or contained the words "US BICENTENNIAL" or "BICENTENNIAL ERA", not all did.
2 June 1976 Bicentennial of American Independence 1776–1976 One (11p) Philip Sharland 30 June 1976 Centenary of National Rose Society: Four (8 + 1 ⁄ 2 p,10p,11p,13p) 4 August 1976 British Cultural Traditions Four (8 + 1 ⁄ 2 p,10p,11p,13p) 29 September 1976 500th Anniversary of British Printing Four (8 + 1 ⁄ 2 p,10p,11p,13p) 24 November ...
Celebrate the Century is a series of postage stamps made by the United States Postal Service featuring images recalling various important events in the 20th century in the United States. [8] Ten of these sheets were issued, with each sheet depicting events of one decade of the 20th century, from the 1900s to 1990s.
Adolph S. Ochs on a 1976 stamp. Adolph S. Ochs (1976) New York Times publisher; Severo Ochoa (2011) Biochemist [26] Flannery O'Connor (2015) Writer [88] William Butler Ogden (1944) Railroad tycoon, first Mayor of Chicago [89] James Edward Oglethorpe (1933) Georgia founder; Eugene O’Neill on a 1967 stamp. Georgia O'Keeffe (1996, 2013) Painter ...
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James Madison appears on the 4-cent 1938 Presidential Series stamp, the fourth president of the United States. Madison, the "Father of the Constitution" proposed the system of checks and balances in three branches of federal government at the Constitutional Convention. Two varieties of the 4-cent were printed, a sheet stamp and sidewise coil.
July 1976 sports events in the United States (3 P) Pages in category "July 1976 in the United States" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.