Philadelphia - Bicentennial Bell

The Independence National Historical Park contains a number of buildings, which have played a great part in the history of the United States. The Visitor Center, beside which is the tower containing the Bicentennial Bell, a gift from the British government on the bicentenary of the United States, is at the corner of 3rd and Chestnut Streets.

The Bicentennial Bell was a gift from the British during America's Bicentennial in 1976. It hangs in the Visitor's Center 130-foot bell tower.