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History on Philadelphia,PA's Liberty Bell. |
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Written by Olivia H.
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Thursday, 28 May 2009 |
Did you know these facts?
We all know and love the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia PA, and to many of us we think that it's just famous for its crack. But that’s not all it's famous for. In 1751, a new bell,(Liberty Bell,)was ordered from a foundry in England for Independence Hall. Independence Hall back then was called the State House of the Province of Pennsylvania. The Bell arrived in Philadelphia in 1752, and cracked when it was first rang. Two Philadelphia foundry men, named Pass and Stow, recast,(or remade,)the Liberty Bell from the same metal twice before it was satisfactory. During the Revolutionary war, the bell rang for such famous events, such as the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8th 1776. According to popular belief, the bell cracked again in 1835 while it was being rung during the funeral of Chief Justice John Marshall. Attempts to fix the crack seemed unaffected. Even though many people call the Liberty Bell the Liberty Bell, it was not always called that until 1839 when the anti-slavery movement was going on. The Liberty bell has traveled all over the country to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1885, Chicago, Illinois in 1893, Atlanta, Georgia in 1895, Boston, Massachusetts in 1903, and San Francisco, California in 1915. During these travels, the crack in the bell expanded, and finally the Liberty Bell had to stop traveling.
The Liberty Bell weighs 2,080 lbs. On the Liberty Bell it reads "Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants thereof," and "By the Order of the Assembly of the Province of PENSYLVANIA for the State House in Philadelphia." The only word spelled wrong on the Liberty bell in PENSYVANIA. Pennsylvania is spelled correctly with two n's, but on the Liberty Bell it is spelled with only one.
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