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The Justice Bell celebrates a 100-year milestone

The Justice Bell temporarily moves from Valley Forge to Independence Hall.

To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote, Daughters of the American Revolution Tuesday, The event is a Send-Off for the Justice Bell which is headed to Independence Hall for an historic unchaining. To commemorate the centennial anniversary of these historic events, the bell was chained five years ago by former Pennsylvania State Regent Roberta McMullin shown here. Tomorrow the Pennsylvania Daughters are transporting the bell once again to Independence Square where the bell will be unchained and ceremonially rung once again. Valley Forge National Park, August 25, 2020
To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote, Daughters of the American Revolution Tuesday, The event is a Send-Off for the Justice Bell which is headed to Independence Hall for an historic unchaining. To commemorate the centennial anniversary of these historic events, the bell was chained five years ago by former Pennsylvania State Regent Roberta McMullin shown here. Tomorrow the Pennsylvania Daughters are transporting the bell once again to Independence Square where the bell will be unchained and ceremonially rung once again. Valley Forge National Park, August 25, 2020Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer

Last month, the Pennsylvania State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (PSDAR) commemorated the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment - which granted women the right to vote - by temporarily moving the Justice Bell from its home in Valley Forge to Independence Hall for display. A replica of the Liberty Bell, it was cast in 1915 to promote the cause for women’s suffrage in the United States. Here, former PSDAR regent Roberta McMullin assists in transporting the bell to Philadelphia, where it was to be rung in celebration of the 19th Amendment’s milestone birthday.