Who presented the 1976 Bicentennial Bell to the United States?

Queen Elizabeth II presented the 1976 Bicentennial Bell to the United States.

The Bicentennial Bell was a six-times-oversize replica of Philadelphia's Liberty Bell, weighing about 12,000 pounds. The British monarch presented it to the United States during the celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of American independence. It was cast in England by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, the same historic firm associated with the original Liberty Bell.

The gift carried a symbolic message: Britain, the former colonial power, was participating in the commemoration of the United States' independence. The replica was housed in the tower of a former visitor center near Independence Mall, in a structure originally intended to accommodate the original bell.

The Bicentennial Bell was not the original Liberty Bell. Philadelphia's historic bell remained cracked and was moved to a new pavilion at the beginning of 1976. The original was commissioned in the colonial period, while the oversized replica was made specifically for the Bicentennial observance.