• The liberty bell (Raphaël Jan)

    The liberty bell is an iconic symbol of American independence. it is located in Philadelphia, more  precisely in the Liberty Bell Center in Independence National Historical Park. The bell was commissioned in 1752 by the Pennsilvannia Provincial Assembly from the London firm of Lester and Pack and was cast with the lettering "Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof". The bell first cracked when rung after its arrival in Philadelphia, and was twice recast by local workmen John Pass and John Stow, whose last names appear on the bell. In its early years the bell was used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions and to alert citizens about public meetings and proclamations. Although the bell could not have rung on July 4, the bells were rung on July 8 to mark the reading of the declaration of independenceAfter American independence was secured, the bell fell into relative obscurity until, in the 1830s, the bell was adopted as a symbol by abolitionist societies, who dubbed it the "Liberty Bell". The bell acquired its distinctive large crack some times in the early 19th century. The bell became famous after an 1847 short story claimed that an aged bellringer rang it on July 4, 1776, upon hearing of the Second Continental Congress's vote for independence. Despite the fact that the bell did not ring for independence on July 4, the tale was widely accepted as a fact, even by some historians. The bell was used as a symbol of freedom during the Cold War and was a popular site for protests in the 1960s. It was moved from a longtime home in Independence Hall to a nearby glass pavilion on Independence Mall in 1976, and then to the largest Liberty Bell Center adjacent to the pavilion in 2003. The bell has been featured on coins and stamps, and it's name and image have been widely used by corporations.

    sources: Wikipédia


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