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William Penns Quaker legacy fuels Liberty Bell tale
Bicentennial piece honors William Penn for shaping American rights and tolerance. The Lib erty Bell began as a Penn charter celebration bell and became a symbol of independence. Penn’s frame of government guaranteed open trials, free elections, religious liberty, church state separation, and prison reform, influencing later rights and democracy.
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