Liberty Bell Inscription: Proclaim Liberty throughout all the Land Unto all the inhabitants thereof—Leviticus 25:10. The old State House bell was first called the “Liberty Bell” by a group trying to abolish slavery. These abolitionists remembered the words on the bell and in the 1830s adopted it as a symbol of their cause. | American Renewal Project

#Didyouknow the Liberty Bell is older than the United States? It was #onthisday in 1752 that the famous bell arrived in Philadelphia. By the time John Philip Sousa wrote his 1893 "Liberty Bell" march it had become an #American icon. Independence Hall Association #LibertyBell #independence #letfreedomring | The United States Army Field Band