NWI4845953: United States of America Independence War (1775-1783): Liberty Bell is the American symbol of freedom. Bellman sounded the bell to announce the declaration of independence of the United States of America in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. She became famous for her malfacon (a felure reparee several times in vain). Replica of the bell preserved at Tennessee State Capitol grounds, Nashville / Bridgeman Images