ROUTINE       
 
R 282353Z JUN 02
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //NO5720//
NAVADMIN 196/02
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/DNS//
 
SUBJ/LET FREEDOM RING COMMEMORATION//
POC/COREY SCHULTZ/LT/CHINFO OI-5/LOC:WASHINGTON, DC/TEL:703 695-6915
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RMKS/1.  IN CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 25, CONGRESS DECLARED (QUOTE)
THAT THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE SHOULD BE OBSERVED EACH YEAR BY THE RINGING OF BELLS
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AT THE HOUR OF TWO O'CLOCK, EDT, IN THE
AFTERNOON OF THE 4TH DAY OF JULY (END QUOTE).
 
2.  ANNUALLY, THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
SPONSORS THE "LET FREEDOM RING" CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE THE SIGNING
OF THE DECLARATION AND REQUESTS NAVY SUPPORT OF THIS CELEBRATION.
THIS CELEBRATION WILL COMMENCE IN PHILADELPHIA AT THE LIBERTY BELL
AT 1400 AND WILL INCLUDE THE SIMULTANEOUS RINGING OF BELLS AT FAMOUS
LANDMARKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  THE SOCIETY REQUESTS THAT NAVY SHORE
STATIONS AND SHIPS AT SEA AND IN PORT RING THEIR BELLS THIRTEEN
TIMES AT 1400 EDT ON 4 JUL 02.
 
3.  COMMANDS NAVY WIDE, AFLOAT AND ASHORE, ARE INVITED TO JOIN IN
THIS COMMEMORATION.
 
4.  RELEASED BY VADM P. A. TRACEY, DIRECTOR NAVY STAFF.//
 
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