Liberty Bell

Liberty Bell

Hello and welcome to the museum.  We will start the visit, so first here’s a copy of Liberty Bell. Liberty Bell is a symbol of American Independence located in Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. This bell was made in London, then it was moved to Independence Hall and then to Pennsylvania state House in Philadelphia in 1752. The bell rang to gather the Pennsylvania assembly for announcements and special events. The bell reached iconic status when abolitionists adopted the bell as a symbol for the movement. They gave him the name “Liberty Bell”, in reference to his registration. Previously it was simply called “The state House bell”

On the bell it is written: “proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants there of (vous proclamerez la liberté dans tous le pays pour tous ses habitants). The bell was cracked shortly after its first use in Philadelphia and was repaired without success by two local artisans John Pass and John Stow whose names appear on the Bell.

According to legend, the bell rang just ofter the signing of the United States declaration of Independence on July the four seventeen seventeen six (1776). However, there was no immediate announcement of the independence vote, and the bell couldn’t ring or at least not for that reasons, but historians are convinced that it rang that day.

Today, the liberty bell rang every 4 Jully at 2 Pm, the children descended from the signatories of the declaration symbolically ring the bell thirdteen times and the other bells throughout the country ring thirdteen times in honour of the patriots of the thirdteen states.

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