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	Liberty Bell - MSN Encarta
		Liberty Bell, historic bell in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, rung on July 8, 1776, after the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence.
		The bell weighs 943.5 kg (2080 lb) and is 3.7 m (12 ft) in circumference at the lip.
		Thereafter, the bell was rung on every July 4 and on every state occasion until 1835, when, according to tradition, it cracked as it was being tolled for the death of Chief Justice John Marshall.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761554751/Liberty_Bell_Pennsylvania.html (260 words)

	Liberty Bell - Facts
		Proclaim Liberty thro' all the Land to all the inhabitants thereof Levit.
		Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land unto all the inhabitants thereof Lev.
		The saddest time in the bell's illustrious history was in 1894 when it was discovered that the private night watchman hired to protect the bell had instead chipped away substantial pieces from it.
	home.att.net /~honorAmerica/libertybell/history/bellfacts.htm (881 words)

	FAQs about the Liberty Bell
		The thickness of the Liberty Bell at the lip is 3 inches and, at the crown, the thickness is 1.25 inches.
		One of the earliest dates of the Liberty Bell's cracking was reported in September 1824 during the visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to Philadelphia.
		On receipt of the news in Philadelphia the Liberty Bell in the tower of the State House was rung, and cracked in the ringing.
	www.libertybellmuseum.com /faqs.htm (2551 words)

	Liberty Bell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Liberty Bell was known as the "Old State House bell" until 1837, when it was adopted by the American Anti-Slavery Society as a symbol of the abolitionist movement.
		In March 1753, the bell was hung from temporary scaffolding in the square outside of the State House.
		During the 19th century, the bell tolled at the death of Alexander Hamilton (1804), Lafayette's return to Philadelphia (1824), the deaths of Adams and Jefferson (1826), Washington's 100th birthday celebration (1832) and the deaths of Lafayette (1834), John Marshall (1835) and William Henry Harrison (1841).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberty_Bell (1934 words)

	Liberty Bell - Timeline
		The new Whitechapel bell was hung in a cupola on the State House roof and was attached to the State House clocks.
		The Wilbank bell took over as the "State House Bell" while the Liberty Bell remained on the fourth floor (in the brick section) of the reconstructed tower - ringing it was reserved for special occasions.
		The bell that was installed as a clock bell in 1821 (the one that replaced the "Sister Bell" when it was moved to St. Augustine's Church) disappeared.
	home.att.net /~honorAmerica/libertybell/history/belltimeline.htm (2512 words)

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		The Liberty Bell itself is displayed in a magnificant glass chamber with Independence Hall in the background.
		A bell for the Pennsylvania State House was cast in London, England, however, it cracked soon after it arrived in Philadelphia.
		The bell was repaired in 1846 and rang for a George Washington birthday celebration, but the bell cracked again and has not been rung since.
	www.nps.gov /inde/liberty-bell.html (564 words)

	Ben's Guide (3-5): Symbols of Government -- The Liberty Bell
		On June 7, 1753, the bell was hung in the tower of Independence Hall; however, during the American Revolution, in 1777, British troops captured Philadelphia.
		For safekeeping, the bell was moved to Zion's Reformed Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
		In order to repair the bell, a slot was carved along the length of the crack that prevented the two sides of the bell from vibrating against each other.
	bensguide.gpo.gov /3-5/symbols/libertybell.html (397 words)

	Liberty Bell
		The Liberty Bell was forged in 1752 at Whitechapel Bell Foundry in England — the same foundry that forged Big Ben (the 13-ton and, ironically, cracked bell within the Great Clock of Westminster) and the bells of Washington National Cathedral.
		The Bell was to hang in the clock tower of the Pennsylvania State House.
		The Bell cracked soon after its arrival in Philadelphia and was recast (from the original metal) by local craftsmen John Pass and John Stow in 1753.
	zestive.com /libertybell.htm (925 words)

	THE LIBERTY BELL
		Taken to Allentown, the bell was hidden in the Zion Reform Church for almost a year and was returned to Philadelphia in the summer of 1778 upon the withdrawal of the British.
		If a bell is struck and not allowed to ring freely, because either the clapper or some part of the frame or fittings are in contact with the bell, then a crack can very easily develop.
		In 2001, the 250th anniversary of the casting of the original, Whitechapel was commissioned to cast a replica of the Liberty Bell.
	www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk /liberty.htm (831 words)

	The Liberty Bell.
		In September, the bell is moved to a church in Allentown to hide it from the British who would melt it for cannon and shot.
		There are earlier occasions when the bell was said to have cracked, each could have been extensions of a hairline crack beginning at the lip of the bell and eventually extending past the date on the face of the bell.
		The Liberty Bell is sounded over the radio for the 150th birthday of the United States.
	www.1776americandream.com /html/libertyBell.htm (1158 words)

	Liberty Bell
		The new bell was raised in the belfry on March 29, 1753.
		Throughout the period from 1790 to 1800, when Philadelphia was the nation's capital, uses of the Bell included calling the state legislature into session, summoning voters to hand in their ballots at the State House window, and tolling to commemorate Washington's birthday and celebrate the Fourth of July.
		The Liberty Bell Pavilion was opened in 1976, in preparation for the nation's bicentennial celebrations.
	www.uaoc.org /fourth/libertybell.html (1196 words)

	Liberty Bell Chapter, DAR
		Liberty Bell Shrine - Allentown, PA In 1950, the United States Department of the Treasury and several private companies commissioned a foundry in Annecy-le-Vieux, France, to cast 54 full size replicas of the Liberty Bell.
		Liberty Bell Shrine - Allentown, PA One of the first markers placed by the chapter was on the Zion Reformed Church at Hamilton and Church Street.
		The bell was, after all, cracked and wouldn't withstand the stress of the journey.
	www.enter.net /~libertybelldar/history.html (1426 words)

	Liberty Bell
		As it was to commemorate the Charter's golden anniversary, the quotation "Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof," from Leviticus 25:10, was particularly apt.
		The line following "proclaim liberty" is, "It shall shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family." The Abolitionists understood this passage to mean that the Bible demanded all slaves and prisoners be freed every 50 years.
		So the "Liberty Bell" remained where it was in the steeple, and the new Whitechapel bell was placed in the cupola on the State House roof and attached to the clock to sound the hours.
	www.ushistory.org /libertybell (1410 words)

	The Liberty Bell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the letter, Norris and his colleagues asked that the bell be cast with the words, "Proclaim Liberty thro' all the Land to all the Inhabitants thereof," from the tenth verse, twenty-fifth chapter of the book of Leviticus.
		Thus, the bell was intended as a commemoration of liberties which were insured fifty years before, not as a prophecy of liberty to be gained twenty-five years later.
		The bell was recast by two Philadelphia foundrymen, John Stow and John Pass, who substituted the year 1753 for 1752 and their own names for those of the original founders.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /ppet/liberty/page1.asp?secid=31 (393 words)

	The Liberty Bell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The bell was first cast in England and sent by ship to the colony of Pennsylvania.
		The same inscription, "Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof" was put on the bell.
		The bell was hung in the tower of Independence Hall on June 7, 1753.
	score.rims.k12.ca.us /score_lessons/symbols_freedom/pages/libertybell.html (293 words)

	SPACE.com -- Gus Grissom didn't sink the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury capsule
		But unlike Shepard's Freedom 7 spacecraft, Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 was equipped with a window and a new hatch design capable of being thrown clear by explosive charges as needed after splashdown.
		All because of the hatch on Liberty Bell 7.
		Whatever the cause, the hatch blew, the rescue helicopter couldn't save the capsule and Liberty Bell 7 spent the next 38 years at the bottom of the Atlantic until it was found and recovered last summer during two expeditions led by diving expert Curt Newport.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/missions/liberty_bell_000617.html (1225 words)

	The Liberty Bell--Reading 1
		The chances that the bell may be lost on one of its journeys or actually destroyed in a railway accident are so few as to be negligible.
		The Justice Bell was rung for the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1919.
		Civil rights protestors claimed they chose the Liberty Bell as their symbol because of its association with American freedoms and the struggle for fl equality.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/36liberty/36facts1.htm (581 words)

	Liberty Bell - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Liberty Bell is a huge bronze bell that symbolizes freedom in the United States of America.
		After cracking, the bell was recast twice in 1753 in Philadelphia by John Pass and John Stow (the old bell was broken up and melted down, more copper was added to the metal alloy to make it less brittle, and the bell was re-cast).
		The bell cracked again on July 8, 1835, while being rung at the funeral of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /history/us/monuments/libertybell (462 words)

	Liberty Bell Center - Philadelphia, PA, 19106 - Citysearch
		The original bell was ordered from an English foundry in 1751 to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of William Penn's 1701 Charter, which spoke of the rights and freedoms of all people.
		The Liberty Bell was moved to Independence Hall in 1846 and to a glass pavilion in 1976.
		The 2,000-pound bell is symbolically tapped every Fourth of July in unison with bells across the country.
	philadelphia.citysearch.com /profile/11352789 (264 words)

	Liberty Bell Memorial - Virtual Visit
		A visit to the Liberty Bell Memorial Museum can be a moving experience for people of all ages and an educational adventure for school children.
		In June 1753, Pass and Stow tried again, melting down the second bell to produce the third and final bell that later became known as the Liberty Bell (see Liberty Bell timeline).
		A Bakersfield California group - known as the Liberty Bell Foundation - placed a deposit on a bell, but it is not known whether they were successful in raising funds for the remainer of the cost.
	home.att.net /~honorAmerica/libertybell/virtualvisit.htm (751 words)

	Home Page Operation Liberty Bell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We have chosen the Liberty Bell as this symbol.
		The Liberty Bell was rung to announce the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, and later became a symbol of the movement to abolish slavery.
		We are sending Liberty Bell lapel pins to selected politicians, organizations, and media representatives such as you whom we believe share our concern and our commitment.
	www.operationlibertybell.org (352 words)

	Ben's Guide (K-2): Symbols of Government -- The Liberty Bell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Liberty Bell has become the symbol of freedom in the United States.
		The Bell was cast in London, England in 1752.
		A new bell was made from the metal in the old one, but this one also cracked.
	bensguide.gpo.gov /k-2/symbols/libertybell.html (141 words)

	Liberty Bell - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Liberty Bell - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Liberty Bell, historic bell in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, rung on July 8, 1776, after the first public reading of the...
		Declaration of Independence, document in American history used by the 13 British North American colonies to proclaim their independence from Great...
	encarta.msn.com /Liberty_Bell.html (122 words)

	liberty bell - Ask.com Web Search
		The new Liberty Bell Center offers a video presentation and exhibits about the Liberty Bell, focusing on its origins and its modern day role...
		Liberty Bell Museum is a collection of Liberty Bell memorabilia, souvenirs, history and resources.
		Liberty Bell Center visitors should be in line no later than 4:45 p.m.; the building closes at 5 p.m..
	www.ask.com /web?q=liberty+bell+&qsrc=1&o=0 (291 words)

	CNN.com - FBI increases security for Liberty Bell - February 21, 2002
		The Pennsylvania Assembly ordered the making of the bell in 1751 to hang in the State House, and carries this inscription from the Bible -- "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof -- Lev.
		The beginnings of the famous crack on the body of the bell were repaired in 1864 but it cracked again the same year, after it was rung for a George Washington birthday celebration.
		According to a National Park Service Web site, the bell weighs about 2,000 pounds and is made up of 70 percent copper, 25 percent tin, and small amounts of lead, zinc, arsenic, gold, and silver.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/02/21/inv.liberty.bell.threat (312 words)

	LIBERTY BELL HOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Liberty Bell Route was an interurban trolley, or electric streetcar, that ran from Philadelphia to Allentown from around 1900 to 1951.
		The historical significance of the Liberty Bell Route is coupled by the fact that it was one of the most popular and successful systems during the era of electric streetcar operation.
		The Liberty Bell Trail is envisioned as a contemporary interpretation of the historic trolley.
	www.montcopa.org /parks/LibertyBell.htm (849 words)

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