Authored by Sara Alcorn
![Car Bumper Sticker from the Bellmore Historical Society celebrating the Tricentennial of the Bellmores, New York, 1976.](https://i0.wp.com/hiddenheritagecollections.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Slide1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Car Bumper Sticker from the Bellmore Historical Society celebrating the Tricentennial of the Bellmores, New York, 1976.
As the United Sates of America was welcoming their bicentennial independence, a small town on Long Island was gearing up to celebrate the three hundredth birthday of their community with pride and public service.