In honor of the United States’ 250^th  celebration, the Bell Tower Community Foundation will host “Let Freedom Ring”, a free Mahanay Bell Tower special event on Sunday, July 5 from 1-2 pm.

A concert featuring patriotic music arranged specifically to be played on carillons will be performed at 1:30 by Mark Welty of Cedar Falls.  Welty is a University of Northern Iowa music and German graduate and was an instructor at UNI.  He also taught English, American geography and music in Germany.  A 61-year member of the Cedar Falls Municipal Band, he also was a church organist.  The patriotic tunes to be played for this special event were arranged by Welty for the bell tower carillon.

Free root beer floats will be served at 1 pm on the Bell Tower plaza and the concert will begin at 1:30 pm.  Attendees are asked to please bring their own lawn chairs.

Free admission to the Tower will also be offered from 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday, July 5.