Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03

I the first anniversary of the passage OF
the Declaration, while the armies fight
ing for the very life of the independent
I Nation were battling against the forces
/ of the King.
On the 18th of September of that year.
! however, the Liberty Bell was hurried.
| " removed from the steeple of the
State House. and, with the chimes OF
Christ Church and ST. Peters, was car
ried by the Colonial soldiers to Allen
town, to prevent their capture by the
British. On its first trip, escorted BY
200 North Carolina and Virginia sol
diers, the, Bell travelled from Philadel-
Allentown. While at Allentown it was
kept in lions Church.
The Liberty Bell was away from this
city from September is, 1777,- to June
81. ITS. During the period Of alb
sence the headquarters of the British
/ Artillery Park was in the State House
yard.
Announces Surrender of Cornwallis
Once more back in it's place in Inde
pendence Hall. the Liberty Bell an
nounced to the city the surrender Of
Lord CORVALLIS at Yorktown on Octo-
Der "a, 1881. On November y of the
same year it welcomed the Comman-
der-in- Chief of the armies of the Free
States, General George Washington, to
the city. On April 16, 1888, it pro-
claimed the Treaty of Peace between
the United States and Great Britain.
On many occasions during the next
| fifteen wears the Bells tolling proclaimed
some important event in the history of
the new country. Then. at the death of
Washington, it was again muffied as be-
fore the Revolution, and rung during the
/ funeral solemnities on December 26,
1893.
tember 90 1924 was the signal for the
| Bell to send forth greetings to the man
who had so ably aided those fighting for
their freedom. On July 4, 1925, it
ushered in the fiftieth anniversary of The
passage of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, "the year of jubilee" written in
the passage which gave its motto to the
Bell
The death of John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson was commemorated by the ring.
ing of the Bell on July "a, 1926. On
July 81, 1884, it. commemorated the
death of lafayette.
Tolls for Last Time
The Liberty Bell tolled for the last
time on July s, 1885. John Marshall,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of
| the United States. died on July 6. His
remains were on the day of the anniver-
sary of the first proclamation of the dec
1aration to the people borne to Virginia
for burial and during the funeral solem-
mites the Liberty Bell, while ttolling
| slowly, suddenly cracked through it's
side.
Despite the pretty legend which was
built around the story of the blue-eyed
boy waiting outside the door of Indepen-
dence Hall, ready to signal to the man in
the bell-tower as soon as the Declaration
of Independence was adopted history
shows that this famous old Bell did not
crack when sending forth the news Of
for many important occasions until 1885.
Whether the Liberty Bell is suffering
from a disease Of the metal, due to in.
equality in mixing, and this ailment was
responsible for the parting of the Bell
in the side, as some nietallurgists contend,
or whether the strain of service on 80
many occasions caused the break, there
exists difference Of opinion. In 1S40
a scheme was concocted to drill out the
crack, and this was done.
The large, rugged fissure was made
with the hope of restoring its sound.
but this effort failed. The Bell was
thereupon abandoned and put aside in
an attic room, its work done, its part
in important scenes ended. It was not
/ ENEh as IShS AON AnGuy yC2EE+
Then, in 1875, it was placed In its old
frame in the hallway. There Il remain.
ed until 1877, when 1t was hung from
| the ceiling of the hallway by . chain of
thirteen links. The following year il
was placed in case and in 1895 was
taken back to the hallway, where it still
remains.
For the eighth time since it was first
hung in Independence Hall. the Liberty
Bell will be taken from its home on
July 5, when it will start on the cross
continental trip to San Francisco, there
to form the principal exhibit in the Pana.
ma Pacific Exposition. Noted metallur.
gical engineers have declared that the
Bell is liable to return in pieces. but
Councils and the Mayor had answered
that patriotic duty to the citizens of the
West, who demand that the relic 20, and
it is going Precautions unique in the his
tory of the Bell trip will be taken and
the Bell will be more carefully cared for
than on any of its former trips to expo
sitious in the East and South.
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