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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (20423)	11/19/2001 3:05:33 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

That seems about what I remember - the impression I got was that the bell was the bell of the Pennsylvania State House, and was rung on official occasions for the Pennsylvania State House. As for being rung on the occasion of the first reading of the Declaration of Independence, I think all the bells in downtown Philadelphia were rung for that, e.g., the bells at Christ's Church. The part about it becoming adopted by abolitionists in the 1830's confirmed my impression that it, like so many of our national symbols, achieved significance in the 19th century that it did not have to the Founding Fathers in the 18th century. Also the part about "using" the bell to "represent" the idea of liberty. Looking at the other material you posted, I don't think the official NPS site makes nearly as big a deal out of it as other sites do. Official US government park sites tend to take a very scholarly approach, and don't make claims that are not very well substantiated.