Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof”; Leviticus 25:10 (inscription on the Liberty Bell)
Join the churches of Michigan City, Indiana as we ring our bells at noon (CST) on the 4th of July, 2026 to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary!
Churches, Fire Stations, Town Halls, even the bells of the steam trains at LaPorte County’s Hesston Steam Museum will join in the celebration on that historic day.
We ask all who have a bell to ring it on Saturday, July 4th at noon for 2 ½ minutes as a tribute to 250 years of Liberty.
Let us know that you are with us, and we will post your name and logo on our website and Facebook page to thank you for your support. Please share this information on your social media sites; help us spread the word as we ask all to raise the sound of Liberty across our homeland.
Let’s recruit all of the bells of northwest Indiana to ring simultaneously on July 4th to celebrate America’s birthday!
Thank you all and GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Please contact Bill Halliar, Co-President Michigan City Historical Society with questions or comments;
219-629-5853 cell
Participants
• John Davies, founder of the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana, will be ringing his farm bell.
• JoAnne Shafer of the Munster Historical Society will be coordinating bell ringing activities in Munster.
• Ted Rita from the Hesston Steam Museum will be ringing many of their historic bells.
• Cynthia Hedge of the Center for Creative Solutions will be participating in the event.
• Edward Kleese and The Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery are having a special engraved handbell made for the occasion. The bell will be rung during the event, and the local volunteer fire department plans to have fire trucks at the Depot to ring their bells as well.
• Matt Kubik and Trinity Episcopal Church at 6th and Franklin Streets in Michigan City will be ringing the church bells.
Michigan City First United Methodist Church will be joining in on the bell ringing July 4th at noon. Great idea.
Rev. Tammy Mills
Michigan City St. Paul Lutheran
If you would like to be added to the list of participants, please email us at contact@MChistorical.org.
