Ground has been broken in Philadelphia near Independence Hall National Historical Park to showcase a bronze and tin bell that Queen Elizabeth II presented to the United States in 1976 to commemorate the United States' 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of American independence in 1976, the people of Great Britain gave the people of the United States a gigantic bronze and tin bell presented by Queen Elizabeth II in Philadelphia and engraved with the words “Let freedom ring.”