Early Americans’ struggles immortalized at the Washington Memorial Chapel

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Symbolism reigns supreme at one of the grandest and most evocative edifices in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Its location on the most prominent hill of Valley Forge National Historical Park commands attention. But, within its walls are relics and reminders of American history.

That becomes evident just inside the entrance.

The "Justice Bell," a one-ton replica of the Liberty Bell, was commissioned in 1915 by Katharine Wentworth Ruschenberger and became an icon for the suffrage movement. Mrs. Ruschenberger willed what was once called the "Women's Liberty Bell" to the chapel, and it remains as a reminder of the women's struggles to win the right to vote.

The Washington Memorial Chapel is actually not on Valley Forge National Park grounds; it is a parish of the Episcopal Church and was founded in 1903.

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