Things I never knew....
Sep 17, 2019 11:24:03 #
A commonly accepted story of the Liberty Bell is that it was rung to gather the towns people of Philadelphia to hear the reading of the Declaration of Independence.
It would seem that this is not the true telling of the bell's history, the bell really did not gain significance in US history until some 50 years later when it became the symbol of the abolition movement in Philadelphia to free the slaves...
Both stories are great stories regarding the history of the bell however I am afraid that only one of them is true.
http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/
It would seem that this is not the true telling of the bell's history, the bell really did not gain significance in US history until some 50 years later when it became the symbol of the abolition movement in Philadelphia to free the slaves...
Both stories are great stories regarding the history of the bell however I am afraid that only one of them is true.
http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/
Sep 17, 2019 15:56:21 #
Henry Ford said "History in Bunk"...apparently!
History is written (and rewritten) in order to make justifications for certain actions. Germany tried this by burning books so that they could re-write history. That went well!
It is often a case of: Not what you read...but why was it written?
It was a ships bell....made to ring the changes of watches on board The Liberty....anything else is Bunkum.
Have fun
History is written (and rewritten) in order to make justifications for certain actions. Germany tried this by burning books so that they could re-write history. That went well!
It is often a case of: Not what you read...but why was it written?
It was a ships bell....made to ring the changes of watches on board The Liberty....anything else is Bunkum.
Have fun
Sep 17, 2019 20:01:14 #
Hamltnblue
Loc: Springfield PA
Blurryeyed wrote:
A commonly accepted story of the Liberty Bell is t... (show quote)
Like a lot of things the story is a bit revisionist. The bell was rung to celebrate the first public reading.
The bells name came from the abolition movement but it's significance did not.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Liberty-Bell
Sep 18, 2019 06:36:00 #
as a point of interest the "Liberty Bell" was made in a very small factory/works in Whitechapel London (East end) the company then was called "Lester and Pack", it's now "The Whitechapel Bell Foundry". It's first gong cracked it and it was re-cast by Pass & Stow. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is still there today, I drive past it occasionally, the only thing that lets you know the company is still there is a small bell hanging on the wall outside.
Sep 18, 2019 08:19:16 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
A commonly accepted story of the Liberty Bell is t... (show quote)
On July 8, 1776, the Pennsylvania State House bell was rung to call the people of Philadelphia together to hear Colonel John Nixon of the Pennsylvania militia read the Declaration of Independence. In the early 1800’s, the citizenry of Philadelphia started referring to the Pa. State House as Independence Hall and the State House bell as the Independence Bell. Later in the early 1830’s, an abolitionist publication entitled Liberty, started using drawings of the Independence Bell on it’s cover along with the Bell inscription from Leviticus 25:10, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.”
Sep 19, 2019 00:42:21 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
A commonly accepted story of the Liberty Bell is t... (show quote)
I do not think the story of it becoming relevant 50 years later is accurate. I live in the Lehigh Valley and Allentown is the largest city in the valley. A church in downtown Allentown hid the bell in the basement of the church during the American Revolution to keep it (and it's symbolism) from falling into the hands of the British. This tells me the bell was significant early on in it's history.
Sep 19, 2019 03:33:30 #
Harry0
Loc: Gardena, Cal
I lived in Philly.
I used to down to that little kiosk and gander at it. No guards at night.
Came to CA, married, kids, etc. Went back for the 1976 celebration.
Wife and kids go down at night- and observe the damage.
Aholes had been coming around and breaking off pieces if the rim for souvenirs.
I used to down to that little kiosk and gander at it. No guards at night.
Came to CA, married, kids, etc. Went back for the 1976 celebration.
Wife and kids go down at night- and observe the damage.
Aholes had been coming around and breaking off pieces if the rim for souvenirs.
Sep 19, 2019 11:50:09 #
There was a copy of the Liberty Bell facing the sidewalk outside the firehouse that I'd have to walk past on the way home from elementary school every day. There was a time in this country when patriotic symbols were important.
Sep 19, 2019 15:33:20 #
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