"Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants thereof Lev. XXV X"

"Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants thereof Lev. XXV X"
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Posted on 07/04/2005 2:18:56 PM PDT by mdittmar

By Order of the ASSEMBLY of the Province of PENSYLVANIA for the State House in Philada.

Pass and Stow Philada MDCCLIII

Why is Pennsylvania misspelled on the bell? What's the story of the crack? Read on!

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: history; libertybell

The Liberty Bell

Tradition tells of a chime that changed the world on July 8, 1776, with the Liberty Bell ringing out from the tower of Independence Hall summoning citizens to hear the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon.

1 posted on 07/04/2005 2:18:57 PM PDT by mdittmar

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