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The Bellman Informed of the Passage of the Declaration of Independence, an 1854 depiction of the story of the Liberty Bell being rung on July 4, 1776. In 1828, the City of Philadelphia sold the second Lester and Pack bell to St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, which was burned down in 1844 by an anti-Catholic mob in the Philadelphia Nativist ...
The Rhodesian Independence Bell, or Rhodesian Liberty Bell, is a replica of the American Liberty Bell [1] which was used in Rhodesia to commemorate their Unilateral Declaration of Independence. It weighed 250 pounds (110 kg) and was made in 1966 in the Netherlands and was last rung in 1978.
Andrew McNair is best known for being the custodian who served the Continental Congress.A member of the Masonic Order, he served as official ringer of the Liberty Bell from 1759 to 1776, and he likely rang it to announce independence, on July 8, 1776 (the announcement was delayed four days to allow the Declaration of Independence to be printed).
The 140-pound bell was cast in 1741 in La Rochelle, France. After George Rogers Clark took Kaskaskia from the British on July 4, 1778, the bell was rung in celebration. From then on, it was known as the Liberty Bell of the West. [1] The building currently housing the bell was built in 1948.
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Andrew McNair is best known for being the custodian who served the Continental Congress.A member of the Masonic Order, he served as official ringer of the Liberty Bell from 1759 to 1776, and he likely rang it to announce independence, on July 8, 1776 (the announcement was delayed four days to allow the Declaration of Independence to be printed).