Liberty Bell
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The Liberty Bell is a massive bell first rung to gather the citizens of Philadelphia together for a public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1776.
This bell was made in England and weighed over 2000 pounds and it's composition is 70% copper, 25% tin, and small amounts of lead, zinc, arsenic, gold, and silver. [1] It was rung on every anniversary of Independance day (4th of July) until the time it cracked when rung on July 8, 1835 at the funeral of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall.
Inscribed on the Liberty Bell is a verse from the Old Testament: [2]
- "Proclaim Liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." (Leviticus 25:10)
References
- ↑ http://www.nps.gov/archive/inde/home.htm
- ↑ Leviticus 25:10
