Picture the Liberty Bell at Philadelphia International Airport

This morning as part of Wawa Welcome America (from l. to r.,) Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Philadelphia International Airport CEO Mark Gale and Curator Lee Douglas unveil “Picturing Liberty: Philadelphia’s Legendary Bell,” a photography exhibit.

Now the more than 2 million visitors who travel through the Airport annually will be treated to positive images of Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell, if they happen to be in Terminal A East. Nutter told the crowd at the unveiling, “We actually own this!” (the Bell.) The exhibit features 50 black and white photos of “a most celebrated icon,” that’s “considered one of the world’s sacred relics.” The Liberty Bell arrived in Philadelphia on September 1, 1752. Two hundred and fifty eight years later, it is an enduring symbol of liberty, one that will be celebrated often this holiday weekend.

- Lisa Simon, Photographer and Writer