King Charles III’s Speech to Congress: What It Tells Us About America at 250

June 2026 Imperfect Union On July 6, 1976, Queen Elizabeth II arrived in the United States for a state visit to commemorate the nation’s bicentennial. In Philadelphia, she gifted the nation a new bell, forged at the same foundry as the Liberty Bell. The new bell has “Let Freedom Ring” inscribed on the side. Queen Elizabeth said in her remarks, “It is a message in which both our people can join and…