From Detroit-To honor the birth of the royal baby in England, a historic Episcopal church in downtown Detroit rang its bells this afternoon.
The Rev. Steven Kelly, the pastor at St. John's Episcopal Church on Woodward Avenue, rang the bells a few minutes after the announcement that Prince William's wife, Kate, gave birth to a boy who is in line to be the king of England.
The Episcopal Church in the U.S. is rooted in the Church of England, whose ceremonial head is Queen Elizabeth II and someday will be the newborn boy.
"I heard that the Church of England was ringing bells, and so I thought we would join in the festivities," said Kelly said.
The pastor pushed an electronic carillon that played a recording of bells, and also rang the chapel bell, which dates back to the church's founding in 1859. The bells played for about four minutes at the church, which sits next to Comerica Park and is across the street from the Fox Theater.
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