{"id":58402,"date":"2025-12-11T22:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/58402\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T22:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:11:16","slug":"wright-center-dedicates-liberty-bell-in-jermyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/58402\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright Center dedicates Liberty Bell in Jermyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A piece of American history will forever be located at the Wright Center for Community Health Mid Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Wright Center leaders and staff joined community members and local dignitaries at its community health center, 5 S. Washington Ave., Jermyn, for a ceremony on Nov. 12 to dedicate a hand-painted fiberglass Liberty Bell in honor of America\u2019s 250th anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial, commonly known as America250PA, is working to place at least one fiberglass bell in each of Pennsylvania\u2019s 67 counties.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the fifth Liberty Bell sponsored by the Wright Center in Northeast Pennsylvania. Others are located at Carbondale City Hall, 1 N. Main St.; the Wright Center for Community Health Wilkes-Barre, 169 N. Pennsylvania Ave.; Wayne Memorial Hospital, 601 Park St., Honesdale; and Wyoming County Healthcare Center, 5950 U.S. Route 6, Tunkhannock, where the the Wright Center for Community Health Tunkhannock is located.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The Liberty Bell sponsored by the Wright Center for Community Health and placed at Carbondale City Hall. (Courtesy of the Wright Center)\" width=\"4065\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SAV-L-WRIGHTBELLS-1211-02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1492057\" \/>The Liberty Bell sponsored by the Wright Center for Community Health and placed at Carbondale City Hall. (Courtesy of the Wright Center)<\/p>\n<p>Artwork adorning each bell was researched by Gina Lettieri, the Wright Center\u2019s archivist, and hand-painted by Allison LaRussa, the Wright Center\u2019s associate vice president of health and wellness, to reflect the unique spirit and landmarks of the communities where they are placed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach of our five Liberty Bells embodies the strength of our rich, collective history and our ongoing responsibility and commitment to safeguard the well-being of our communities,\u201d said Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak, the Wright Center\u2019s president and CEO. \u201cMay this Liberty Bell in Jermyn serve as a bedrock reminder of the innovation, compassion, solidarity, service, and leadership that define both this remarkable, hard-working community and our mission at the Wright Center to improve the health and welfare of our communities through responsive, whole-person health services for all and the sustainable renewal of an inspired, competent workforce that is privileged to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about America250PA and to see a full list of Liberty Bells across Pennsylvania, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/america250pa.org\/PPE:_Bells_Across_PA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">america250pa.org\/PPE:_Bells_Across_PA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A piece of American history will forever be located at the Wright Center for Community Health Mid Valley.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179,3053,3054],"class_list":{"0":"post-58402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news","11":"tag-valley-advantage","12":"tag-valley-advantage-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}