Wednesday, July 08, 2009

On July 8, 1776...

...the Liberty Bell called citizens to Independence Hall for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence...

...and rang "its last clear note" to mark George Washington's birthday in 1846, when experts finally proclaimed the crack too large to continue use.

(And in 1990, a little girl from Texas told everyone she met that she reached out and touched the "crab" in the Liberty Bell.)

2 comments:

Bluebonnetgirl said...

That same pretty little girl liked to sit on the sofa beside her Uncle Russ (a/k/a "my guy"), and pat his knee, saying, "You be 'Eric' and I'll be 'Ariel'." Or, "You be Elvis, and I'll be 'cilla." What a little beauty, and she grows prettier every day!

Anonymous said...

Ahhh, Philadelphia...the city of Bethany Love. And what do we have here? The Belle of the Bell...and she did what to the bell? Broke it?

Papa