|
|
|
|
|
The
Liberty Bell is a pre-Revolutionary War relic
that was first hung in 1753 in the newly finished
Pennsylvania State House, the building that
would eventually become Independence Hall.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
bell is inscribed with the words Proclaim Liberty
throughout the land. It was rung on the adoption
of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776,
inaugurating an Independence Day tradition that
was observed every year (with the exception
of 1777-78, when the bell was removed and hidden
from the British occupiers of Philadelphia)
until 1846. That year a small crack enlarged
to the point where the bell could no longer
be sounded.
|
|
|
