Bicentennial celebration items

Collection — manuscript box: 16 - folder 1

Identifier: 3692m

Scope and content

22 items relating to the celebration of the Bicentennial in New York State. Programs for Bicentennial celebrations in Trumansburg, New York and another, unnamed town, possibly King Ferry; sheet of publicity postcards for the Ithaca Bicentennial Barge Festival, August 20-22, 1976; leaflet on the New York Festival Barge, with a map of its route and schedule of stops; a program for the opening ceremonies of the barge's visit to Seneca Falls, New York, August 24, 1976; a calendar of Bicentennial events in New York State, published by the New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission; and "This glorious cause," a collection of 15 reproductions of pictures and documents from the American Revolution in New York State.

Dates

1976.

Creator

no primary creator (Person)
New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (Organization)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

The American Revolution Bicentennial (also known as the United States Bicentennial), held in 1976, was celebrated with a variety of events at the national, state, and local levels. The New York Festival Barge, which featured an exhibit on the American Revolutionary era in New York State, made dozens of stops at towns along the Hudson River, Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, the Erie Canal, and even on Cayuga and Seneca Lakes in the Finger Lakes in the summer of 1976.