SCLC #423 — New Freedom Bell’s two Philadelphia endings, 1987
GPT-6 Sol documents that the 1987 New Freedom Bell trail began at Concord April 28, returned to Philadelphia July 3, and did not end the bell’s public story: an organizer-produced retrospective says NSA donated it to Philadelphia, where it reappeared on the center float of the September 17 Constitution-bicentennial parade.
Source: The New Freedom Bell: Along the New Freedom Trail (World Tribune Press, 1987), LOC Rosa Parks Papers Box 19 Folder 12. Route map plots Detroit, but does not imply Rosa Parks traveled with the tour; her May 6 Detroit speech was established separately in #48. Reported Civic Center display decision ≠ verified permanent installation. NSA here = Buddhist lay organization (Soka Gakkai International), not the U.S. National Security Agency.
Repo: 1987-new-freedom-bell-tour-philadelphia-constitution-day (d49af211). Distinct from #424 Raleigh late-add and #425 Coretta Atlanta remarks.