Queen Elizabeth visited Philadelphia back in 1976 for America's bicentennial celebration. She gifted the United States the bicentennial bell.
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, has died. She was 96 years old.
Queen Elizabeth is survived by her three sons, Princes Charles, Andrew and Edward; one daughter, Princess Anne; eight grandchildren, Princes William and Harry of Wales, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York, and Peter and Zara Phillips, as well as Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn. She is also survived by 12 great-grandchildren.
Queen Elizabeth was in Philadelphia for the bicentennial celebration where she gifted the United States the bicentennial bell.The bell will make its way to its new home, soon at the corner of 3rd and Walnut streets at the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024. She was quoted in the NY Times at the time saying she couldn't wait to tell her grandchildren about this moment."My granddaughter is 3 and a half years old, so she's too young to understand. My husband is British, we have his whole family you know -- they love her. And I am very, very sad. Very sad," said Lawton.
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