Last updated: October 27, 2020
Place
American Legion Freedom Bell
Quick Facts
Location:
Washington, DC
Amenities
1 listed
Public Transit
A double-scale replica of the famed Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, the massive symbol is offered as a gift to the United States from The American Legion during the bicentennial commemoration. The bell, tuned in the key of F for "freedom," is scheduled to travel on the bicentennial Freedom Train throughout the continental United States over a 21-month span beginning April 1, 1975, in honor of the 200th anniversary of American independence.
Memorial authorized 1976 (90 Stat. 2242), dedicated 1977
Architect: International Design Associates
Inscriptions
Bell, top bands
Proclaim Liberty Throughout all the Land Unto All the Inhabitants Thereof Lev XXVvsX
By Order of the Assembly of the Province of Pensylvania for the State House in Philada.
Beneath this, on the south side, is text that reads:
Pass and Stowe
Philada.
MDCCLIII
Plaque, brick plaza
The Freedom Bell
Dedicated to the Spirit of the Bicentennial on Behalf of the Children of Our Nation
Given by the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary
1981