South Dakota 1976

South Dakota 1976 Event Button Museum
Category
Event
Additional Images
South Dakota 1976 button back Event Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Text on Button South Dakota 1976 USA BICENTENNIAL © S. D. Bicentennial Comm. 1972
Image Description

Black text over an illustration of the United States with red and white stripes and Mount Rushmore on a white background
Curl Text SIOUX FALLS RUBBER STAMP WORKS
Back Style
Locking pin / One piece design
The Shape
Circle
The Size
2 3/8 inch
Year / Decade Made
1976
1970s
The Manufacturer
Sioux Falls Rubber Stamp Works
Additional Information

The founding of the United States as a nation is attributed to the year 1776. In 1976, the country celebrated its bicentennial, or 200th anniversary. To help celebrate this occasion, Mount Rushmore in South Dakota hosted a bicentennial event that lasted 111 days. It celebrated events local to the South Dakota area and nationally to the United States. Exhibits featuring wagon trains and the Freedom Trail were displayed to visitors. In addition, each state and territory in the country were celebrated in their own unique way, with each state getting two days to be featured.
Sources

Follette, E. (n.d.). South Dakota [United States] bicentennial commission collection: Guide to the South Dakota [United States] bicentennial commission collection at the Leland D. Case library for western historical studies. E.Y. Berry Library-Learning Center. https://library.bhsu.edu/case/research/findingaid/?aid=bicentennial
Catalog ID EV0588