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Historic Bells 🔔 Historical Markers
Single bells have been used for signalling purposes for millennia (church bells, clock bells, fog bells, fire bells, plantation bells, school bells, etc.), and sets of bells have been used for musical purposes for almost as long (peals, carillons, chimes, etc.). This series includes all historic markers for which one or more bells are significant associated objects, even if they are not directly visible from the location of the marker.
By William Fischer, Jr., February 18, 2012
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Bell
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
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Inscribed on the Bell:
Buckeye Bell Foundry
1912
The E. W. VanDuzen Co.
Cincinnati
Weight: 710 lbs.
The church building was built by the Congregational Society in 1866-1867. It was located on 22nd Avenue between 9th . . . — — Map (db m59861) HM |
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Inscribed on the Bell:
Cast by Stuckstede & Bro.
St. Louis, Mo
1908
A.D. MCMY-111 - Pius - Pro
[Probably MCMVIII for 1908]
Ecclesia S.S. Cordis
Cornlea, Nebr.
Weight: 1,000 lbs.
The dedication of the Sacred . . . — — Map (db m59867) HM |
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Inscribed on the Bell:
Henry Stuckstede B F Co
St. Louis, Mo 1902
In hon Sti Bernardi
pat ecclae donum me
dedit
Jacobus Weidner
orate pro
ev ejus que familia
Weight: 2,145 lbs.
About 1873-1874 a few Catholic . . . — — Map (db m59856) HM |
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Inscribed on the Bell:
Clinton H. Meneely
Bell Company
Troy, N.Y. U.S.A.
A. D. 1884
Weight: 1,350 lbs.
About 1873-1874 a few Catholic families began to settle in the vicinity of the present St. Bernard. Thus, we . . . — — Map (db m59857) HM |
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Inscribed on the Bell:
Meneely & Kimberly,
Founders,
Troy, N.Y.
1878
Weight: 710 lbs.
About 1873-1874 a few Catholic families began to settle in the vicinity of the present St. Bernard. Thus, we find John Dieter, . . . — — Map (db m59860) HM |
| | In 1492 Christopher Columbus, his crew and three ships, the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria set sail from Spain to the New World. That voyage is depicted in the scene above as we pay tribute to the man, the voyage and the community namesake. . . . — — Map (db m59855) HM |
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Inscribed on the Bell:
Mc Shane Bell Foundry
Baltimore, Md
1891
#418
Weight: 800 lbs.
The Reverend Thomas B. Lemon, presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church in southwest Nebraska, organized a congregation . . . — — Map (db m59862) HM |
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Inscribed on the Bell:
Buckeye Bell Foundry
1898
Weight: 550lbs.
The first record of Methodist religious work in the Surprise area dates back to 1871 when C. W. Comstock was pastor of the Seward Circuit. This charge . . . — — Map (db m59866) HM |
| | Used until the siren was installed
1950 — — Map (db m85672) HM |
| | This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of Nevada by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the Treasury
As the inspirational symbol of the United States Savings Bonds Independence . . . — — Map (db m128551) HM |
| | According to the early history of Elko, Nevada, this curfew and fire bell played a vital role for local citizenry. It often rang to signal disastrous fires, deaths of celebrities, and celebrations.
Harbinger of both good tidings and bad, the . . . — — Map (db m39466) HM |
| | This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of New Hampshire by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the Treasury As the inspirational symbol of the United States Savings Bonds Independence Drive . . . — — Map (db m76426) HM |
| | Bell of Fifth Congregational Church Building 1797-1844 "Townsfolk to the Church I called."
Bell Inscription: Meneely's West Troy NY 1861 — — Map (db m155072) HM |
| | This bell is dedicated to all Veterans of Edgewater who served their country honorably in time of war & peace — — Map (db m155073) WM |
| | The tower and bells were dedicated to
the glory of God on June 14, 1998.
In 1893 the federal government commissioned a set of thirteen bells to provide the music for a celebration commemorating the 100th anniversary of the laying of the . . . — — Map (db m155074) HM |
| | Court house bell rang as news of "Declaration" reached here. Cast in Massachusetts, 1765. Now on display in lobby. — — Map (db m153726) HM |
| | This bell was especially cast for the U.S.S. Princeton, which was commanded by our late fellow-townsman, the illustrious Captain Robert F. Stockton, under whose patronage “The Princeton” was built. On February 28th, 1844, she was taken . . . — — Map (db m10621) HM |
| | The bell shall not
toll but will remain
forever silent
in memory of those
from
Monroe Township
who
gave their lives
in the service of
their country — — Map (db m34159) HM |
| | This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of New Jersey by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the Treasury As the inspirational symbol of the United States Savings Bonds Independence Drive from . . . — — Map (db m76782) HM |
| | In honor of those men who have volunteered their services in the Manasquan Fire Dept.
This bell has served since the 1870s to summon firemen to fires. — — Map (db m5309) HM |
| | Between 1830 and 1886 this bell rang from a belfry on top of this building when it served as a school.
In memory of Kathleen Darter. — — Map (db m58413) HM |
| | In the late 1800's this school bell is understood to have hung in a small bell tower on top of our public school. At that time, the school was located on South Main Street next to the Baptist Church. — — Map (db m153657) HM |
| | The most obvious music associated with any church is the sweet and dignified tolling of the church bell. Pictured above is George E. Hipwod, President of the Holy Names Society who presented the bell for placement in the new church.
The bell was . . . — — Map (db m70628) HM |
| | "In commemoration we rededicate this historic bell which was transferred from the Court House in Ellicottville, New York to the Courthouse in Little Valley New York in the year 1863. After surviving the fire of April 7, 1946, was placed here for . . . — — Map (db m133040) HM |
| | Ashville Bell from old fire hall Donated by Clayton Lloyd Rung by Clayton Lloyd, Harland Lloyd and Ron Graham at end of WWII — — Map (db m105941) HM WM |
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Presented to
the First Baptist Church
of
Marathon village,
by
Mrs. D. E. Whitmore,
April 23-1901.
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The Carillon of Bells
is dedicated to
the . . . — — Map (db m131022) HM |
| | Schoolhouse Bell Tower
Great thanks and appreciation to the Sons and Daughters of Italy, Joe DiMaggio Lodge #2248 for their donation of the Fishkill Plains Union Church bell cast in Troy, New York, 1881, that now hangs in our schoolhouse bell . . . — — Map (db m126736) HM |
| | Site of only Perth one
room school to have a bell.
Fire hall part of school.
Original school is shown
on
map dated
1856. — — Map (db m148063) HM |
| | of William Barton, earliest American maker of sleigh bells stood on this stream 1828 — — Map (db m131394) HM |
| | Before the construction of highway bridges across the Hudson River, more than 100 ferries provided crucial economic and social links to communities on opposite sides of the river. Ferry service, however, was unpredictable. It was relatively slow . . . — — Map (db m158664) HM |
| | Bell purchased 7 May 1831 by the Baptist and Universalist Societies of Salisbury for the church erected in 1831 and occupied principally by the American Baptists.
The church stood across the highway from 1831-1946 on the site of the present . . . — — Map (db m137089) HM |
| | The History of the Yard of Ale Bell The Yard of Ale bell is from the original St. Lucy's Church located in Retsof, New York, which formally opened on Christmas Day 1911 with Father Poli celebrating the mass. The building was purchased from the . . . — — Map (db m117015) HM |
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This bell was salvaged during the dismantling of the Union Meeting House (Presbyterian Church) in 1883.
It was mounted at the Union Hall on December 11, 1884 and used as a fire bell until the Union Hall was destroyed by fire on December 31, . . . — — Map (db m116797) HM |
| | Bell of Hope
In 2002 on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Bell of Hope was presented to the people of New York by the Lord Mayor of London and the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was created by England’s renowned Whitechapel Foundry, . . . — — Map (db m115606) HM |
| | Installed circa 1874 Spafford Union Meeting House 1838-1976 — — Map (db m108494) HM |
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Given by George Milk — — Map (db m122007) HM |
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[Title is text]
[Foundry mark across top reads]
Naylor Vickers & Co. 1858
E. Riepe's Patent Cast Steel
Sheffield [England]
No. 715 — — Map (db m104670) HM |
| | This bell, cast by the Meneely Bell Foundry in West Troy, New York, in 1861, came from the famous steamboat Mary Powell which operated on the Hudson River from 1861 to 1917. The Mary Powell ran between Rondout/Kingston and New York City and . . . — — Map (db m59289) HM |
| | The first one purchased by
the
City of Rocky Mount,
1910
Preserved & Mounted
by
Burlington Industries, Inc.
and its Rocky Mount Plants,
1977 — — Map (db m94460) |
| | A bell used in Bethabara to strike the hours and to call the people together for services, or emergencies, such as the Flax House fire in 1776. The first bell--the only one within 200 miles of Bethabara--frightened Cherokee Indians from the fort in . . . — — Map (db m53455) HM |
| | The bell tower signaled the beginning and the end of most activities at the Palmer Memorial Institute.These included classes, farming, meals, lights-out, and community as well as campus emergencies. — — Map (db m43116) HM |
| | In the early 1900's when Cliffside Mill was built, a bell tower was erected to house this bell. It towered above the mill and looked out over the town. This bell was named the "Get Up Bell" by the people of Cliffside. The bell was rung as follows: . . . — — Map (db m14572) HM |
| | Cast on January 29, 1841
These Bricks and the Hand-hewn Beams Were a Part of The Weaver College Administration Building Which was Constructed in Weaverville, North Carolina 1872 — — Map (db m12484) HM |
| | This exact replica of the Liberty Bell is the same size, weight, and material as the original. Therefore, it has the same tone that the Liberty Bell would have if it could be rung. The bell, cast in France, weighs 2, 080 pounds. It is 85 percent . . . — — Map (db m73012) HM |
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North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts required daily military drills, and when the U.S. entered World War I, hundreds of students and alumni enlisted. Thirty-four alumni died in military service.
The idea for . . . — — Map (db m94742) HM WM |
| | This original alloy steel school bell rang for the children attending the Sharp School located on Delong Road. The Sharp School was built in 1870 and was one of eleven one-room school houses in Shawnee Township by 1874. In 1926, ten of the schools . . . — — Map (db m119972) HM |
| | Cast in Cincinnati about 1840, this bell was brought to Lima by way of the Miami Erie Canal and horse drawn wagon, and placed in Allen County's 1842 Courthouse. It rang the hour, announced births and deaths, called citizens to church and town . . . — — Map (db m22936) HM |
| | This bell was hung in the old court house in 1853 and for 75 years served Ashland County truly & well. It's vibrant tones rang out the news of Lee's surrender, tolled the passing of the immortal Lincoln, pealed forth the victory of Admiral Dewey, . . . — — Map (db m25829) HM |
| | Over a century its clear tone carried from valley to hill beckoning all to learn — — Map (db m15536) HM |
| | Dedicated to all veterans
with appreciation for your
service and sacrifice
2 August 2008
Home of the Free Because of the Brave — — Map (db m26860) HM |
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Bellaire High School Clock Tower
The Bellaire High School Clock Tower was erected in 1925 as the second town clock to be mounted on Bellaire’s public schools. C.W. Bates of Wheeling designed this tower, built by C.D. Keyser & . . . — — Map (db m78492) HM |
| | The Seven Mile Academy was built in 1857 and was in continuous service until razed in 1993. This bell was in service at that Academy for many years. It was discovered in storage at the old Academy and was removed to the Board of Education until . . . — — Map (db m157051) HM |
| | Our village fire and curfew
bell originally hung in the old
town hall erected in 1870.
The bell was cracked by two
citizens ringing it in celebration
of the end of World War II. — — Map (db m86383) HM |
| | This bell from Springfield's first City Hall, located on this site in 1848, is placed here to honor the school children of Springfield and Clark County who participated in the Esplanade/Fountain Square Project.
Time capsule encased beneath this . . . — — Map (db m13356) HM |
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...commissioned in 1849 to ring the praise of Almighty God from the steeple of the old M.E. Church on South Jackson (High) Street, this bell was relocated by the congregation to their present church in September 1907. Eventually displaced by . . . — — Map (db m97373) HM |
| | This bell came from the Blendon Presbyterian Church (1830-1865) according to William C. Phelps (1881-1967), a great-great-grandson of Edward Phelps Sr. (1759-1840), first settler of Blendon Twp. and donor of the church land at the southwest corner . . . — — Map (db m18059) HM |
| | Side A The first Blendon Presbyterian Church was located at the intersection of Dempsey and Hempstead Roads on what is part of Blendon Central Cemetery. Timothy Lee (1785-1862) donated land at the northeast corner for a church and cemetery. . . . — — Map (db m107156) HM |
| | Phelps Acre Park
Dedicated October 24, 2015
We want to express our deep
gratitude to the Central College
Presbyterian Church for loaning us
this historic church bell from one of
Blendon Township’s first Presbyterian
churches and placing it . . . — — Map (db m107161) HM |
| | in appreciation of
the Quincy Alumni
Keith Davis
R H McCain
Chris Gunder
Dick Smith
Millard Shaffer
Riverside P.T.O. — — Map (db m77621) HM |
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This twenty-two inch bell was crafted out of cast iron in 1892 by C.S.Bell&Co. The bell was placed in the St. Rose Schoolhouse east of the church, where it spent its life in a cupola until its removal in 2014. for many years, this piece of finely . . . — — Map (db m94439) HM |
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This bell is the original from the Cranberry School
that used to stand directly across the road from this
location. The bell was hung in the tower on the southwest
corner of the school. Every day the bell was rung to
begin the school day and . . . — — Map (db m94438) HM |
| | Cast in Cincinnati in 1846,
this 1,600 pound bell was taken from the
First Presbyterian Church building
which stood at the northwest corner of
Second and Ludlow Streets. It was
dedicated December 1, 1974
at special ceremonies . . . — — Map (db m96099) HM |
| | This bell was mounted on the town
hall in l899 and was removed when
the building was razed in 1959.
It was placed here, August 1961,
in memory of the members of the
Washington Engine Company of Grover
Hill,
which
was organized in 1893.
It . . . — — Map (db m159737) HM |
| | This belled called to worship the early pioneers of Shenandoah to the "Union Meeting House" est. in 1849 — — Map (db m159680) HM |
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This bell tolled from the belfry of
Port Jefferson School
to students of this area for 73 years.
The school, located on the S.W. corner of
Spring and Wall Streets, was razed in 1982.
secured by the Alumni Committee,
this memento of ‘days . . . — — Map (db m87798) HM |
| | This 1,250 pound bell was first sounded in the belfry of the Monumental Bulding at Ohio Avenue and Court Street in January 1905. There is served mainly as a fire bell, ringing when firemen were called to a fire and again as the men returned to the . . . — — Map (db m29768) HM |
| | Purchased in 1878, this bell was installed at the central engine house on the northeast corner of Charles Avenue and Park Row Southeast. In 1895, it was moved to the tower of the next city's central firehouse at the northeast corner of Charles and . . . — — Map (db m80722) HM |
| | This bell rang for shift changes at Frederick Masury's Masurite Explosive Company
(1904-1911)
In 1912 it was given to the Elm Street School. When the school closed in 1951, it became the property of the Brookfield Fire Department.
The bell was . . . — — Map (db m121464) HM |
| | This Bell was first installed in the bell tower of the town hall on August 13, 1885, and was used for fire and alarms. The Fire Bell was relocated to the Town Hall court yard of August 13, 1990.
This Fire Bell served the residents as its only . . . — — Map (db m69062) HM |
| | City Ordinance 1891 "No minor permitted on the streets after 8 P.M. in winter, 9 P.M. in summer. This bell has hung in several locations in West Astoria since 1904 and was rung for many years to remind people of the curfew. In later years, it was . . . — — Map (db m113567) HM |
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In October 1856, the U.S. Lighthouse Board entered this fog bell and Cape Disappointment Lighthouse into service, thus establishing the first light station on the Oregon and Washington coast.
Positioned on the north side of the entrance to . . . — — Map (db m113153) HM |
| | This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of Oregon by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the Treasury
As the inspirational symbol of the United States Savings Bonds Independence . . . — — Map (db m128490) HM |
| | [Main/Bottom Marker]:
These Carillon Bells
in honor and loving memory of
all Veterans
were donated by the Oregon State
Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.
[Top Marker]:
June [The Oregon Federation of . . . — — Map (db m11973) HM |
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When the church was constructed in 1787, there was only a weather vane on the roof.
In 1830, a cupola was built, and a bell cast in 1816 in Belgium and weighing 300 pounds was installed. This bell was removed in 1891, sent first to . . . — — Map (db m159890) HM |
| | This bell is from St. John's United Church of Christ which united with Zion Lutheran to form a new congregation in 1968, St. John Lutheran Church. It is a reminder of God's call to the faithful to worship in this region and a symbol of Christian . . . — — Map (db m159858) HM |
| | In 1751, the legislators of the Province of Pennsylvania ordered from an English foundry "A Good Bell" for the new bell tower of the state house (now know as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia. It was to be the jubilee symbol of the Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m66452) HM |
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This bell was made for
Locomotive 790
Builders No. 3165
Locomotive 790 was built
Juniata Shops, Altoona, PA.
12-18-1916 — — Map (db m135592) HM |
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This Bell
cast in 1874
hung in the Old Firehouse
of the
Oscoluwa Engine & Hose Company
and for over half a century
sounded the alarm
when fire threatened this community
Erected on this site
in honor of
Troy . . . — — Map (db m120287) HM |
| | This bell reminds us that the Liberty Bell rested here briefly on September 23, 1777 during its trip to Allentown. A joint project of the Valley Forge Chapter, Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution and the Quakertown Historical . . . — — Map (db m95096) HM |
| | Commissioned 21 December 1963
Decommissioned 1 February 1993
A combat stores ship manned by 430 officers and enlisted personnel
First ship to use UH-460 Sea Knight helicopter for faster record setting replenishments of the US Naval . . . — — Map (db m79970) HM WM |
| | Cast in 1871 by the Boston foundry of William Blake & Co., this 1,200 lb. bronze bell hung in the original Old Main until 1929, regulating the ebb and flow of campus life. Placed in the rebuilt Old Main in 1930, it fell silent with the installation . . . — — Map (db m134753) HM |
| | This bell tower was constructed from components saved from the demolition of what was last known as the Hopewell Elementary School and was previously the Oxford High School. The building was designed by W.L. Plack of Philadelphia and constructed in . . . — — Map (db m8130) HM |
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This bell was located in the Episcopal Chapel in Townville, Pennsylvania. Albert Broadhurst, Rector of St. James Memorial Episcopal Church of Titusville, served that chapel. The bell, part of the estate of James A. and Elva B. Gillette, . . . — — Map (db m138335) HM |
| | This bell once served as the original means of summoning volunteers of the community when there was a fire. It was hung in the belfry of the old Borough Building. — — Map (db m111699) HM |
| | Exact full size replica of the Liberty Bell
Specifically cast for the Pennsylvania Exhibit
at the New York World’s Fair, 1965 and presented to the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by the sponsors of the exhibit,
the Governor’s committee of . . . — — Map (db m128489) HM |
| | From 1861 to 1929, from the cupola of the old Dauphin County Court House, this bell rang out its message to the people of Harrisburg.
Cast by Meneely’s
of West Troy, New York — — Map (db m121987) HM |
| | The Bell Tower and Carillon is a gift to St. Jude the Apostle Parish from Herbert and Audrey Emig Sweny and children in memory of the Deceased Sweny and Emig Families.
The three bronze bells originally hung in the tower of St. Michael's Church, . . . — — Map (db m116371) HM |
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This bell stood in
the belfry of the
Baptist church of
Clarks Green, PA
Cast in 1869 by the
Meneely Foundry
West Troy, New York.
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The . . . — — Map (db m131618) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m100937) HM |
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At the end of the 19th century, many people emigrated from Eastern Europe and settled in northeastern Pennsylvania. Once in Olyphant a group of these immigrants chose to set up a house of worship where they could practice the Orthodox faith. . . . — — Map (db m157561) HM |
| | The courthouse lampposts, original from 1816, are graciously presented by John E. and Marie Bowman Wengert in memory of their fathers respectively. Samuel K. Wengert served as a Lebanon County Commissioner from 1948-52 and Roy M. Bowman served as . . . — — Map (db m84214) HM |
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A replica of "Tom Tower"
at Christ Church College, Oxford,
is named in memory of
David A. Miller, Class of 1894:
Journalist, Philanthropist, and one of
Pennsylvania's Most Distinguished Citizens.
[Dedicated] November 19, . . . — — Map (db m157421) HM |
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In commemoration of the saving of the
Liberty Bell
from the British, September 1777
Erected to the memory of
John Jacob Mickley
Commissary of Issues, and member of the General
Committee from Whitehall . . . — — Map (db m124214) HM |
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Old Ship Zion Church on Public Square was the first religious assembly hall in Wilkes-Barre. This bell, the first known church bell in Luzerne County, hung in the church until the building was demolished in 1857. The bell was cast in Philadelphia . . . — — Map (db m117084) HM |
| | This tower is dedicated by
the National Society
Daughters of the American
Revolution to those Patriots
of the Revolutionary War
whose faith and courage won
and established American
Freedom and to those Heroes
of World Wars I and II . . . — — Map (db m22158) WM |
| | An early Germanic type of building; erected in 1745. Used first as the Family House. Girls' School, 1749. Bell, still in use, was cast in Bethlehem. Turret had first town clock, 1746. Weathervane is the church seal in metal. . . . — — Map (db m27109) HM |
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This bell was cast in 1922 by the McShane Bell Foundry of Baltimore, and hung in the tower of Liberty Trust Company, 830 Hamilton St. Allentown. The bank was founded in 1919, and the façade of the building was altered to evoke Independence Hall . . . — — Map (db m109568) HM |
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Korean Children's Choir at the Liberty Bell
April 22, 1954
Independence National Historical Park
Dalai Lama's visit, Fall 1990
Independence National Historical Park
Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and
Dr. Emmanuel C. . . . — — Map (db m146646) HM |
| | Brought from England in 1754 Proclaimed our Independence on July 4, 1776. Two bells were added in 1947 in memory of the men from this the oldest business neighborhood in the United States of America who served in World War II. All Now Ring Freedom . . . — — Map (db m9350) HM |
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For over 250 years, this Bell has been linked to important events in American history. But increasingly it has become a symbol without national boundaries. The inscription on the Bell is in English, but its words touch lives all around the world. . . . — — Map (db m155222) HM |
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