A fragile package from London
The backyard metal makeover
The fatal crack and the failed fix
From local alarm to global symbol
nic Anti-slavery groups in the 1830s first coined the name "Liberty Bell" and turned it into a freedom symbol.
On what date was the Declaration of Independence actually read aloud to the public in Philadelphia?
What replica bell did women's suffrage activists keep chained and silent until they won the vote?
nic The Liberty Bell
That big old crack was a fix-it plan / (a fix-it plan, yeah!) / But it broke the sound when they rang it again / (rang it again, oh!)
nic The cracked bell traveled across the United States after the Civil War to help reunite a divided nation.
Why did the Liberty Bell travel across the United States on trains between 1885 and 1915?
Silent July 4th: The Liberty Bell did not ring on July 4, 1776, because the Declaration of Independence was not read to the public until July 8.
A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially historical slavery. In the 1830s, these activists adopted the Pennsylvania State House bell as a symbol of their movement.