The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
Journey of the Liberty
Bell Across The Continent
A MOmetOuS Event

the EpFsT1o-s ana IA. oTs- Inc Ms
tory o. the bell in small bound
volume will be presented. GoFer-
nors have bean invited TO journey
With the bell through their respec-
tive States.
There will BE- 10 official souYe-
Mrs 0. The journey except those dis
irituted free BY the escorting COM
ra:ttee The committee also refused
70 make any concessions TO moving
picture concerns. virtually every
such enterprise in the country hav-
ing applied for the privilege of
sending representatives or the trip.
The COMMITTEES. however, purchased
q special moving picture machine
for its own Use Pictures will Be
AIKEN through the journey and films
vii! b furnished 10 public schools
without expense IN short the city
council has placed strict ban upon
. nnertialism in connection with
the tri2
The Train will arrive IN san Fran
cisco F-iday night, july Is. and Sat-
u-day. July IL. will be Liberty Bell
Day al the Exposition Early in the
morning The relic will he conveyed
in lis place in the Pennsylvania
building on the Exposition grounds
where exercises will De- held.
I The bell will leave san Francisco
in November and will return by the
Southern route. through Los An
geles. San Diego. Arizona and Texas.
The details OF the return trip have
not yet been completed. but il il yir-
tually certain that the special will
90 through 81 Lopis. Indianapolis
and Cincinnati
After each return OF the bell
there has been a movement started
to prevent the precious metal from
leaving the city again The crack il
il has been slowly extending and
there has teen fear that in lis jour
. ney the bell might split in two. op
! position TO its leaving the city or
this trip was bitter but the cit.
: council! voted that il belon2ed 10 tn
] American people and that opportun
! i,ies TO view il should be given
! whenever possible.
: Sending the bell TO the western
ln as Of SEf
phia $4,000 The escorting com
5 nittee OF twenly-siX councilmen wi
i pay their own expenses.
The four policemen who will cor
n stanlly guard the bell were special
d picked for their fitness Each
k more than six feet in height. III
IF head of the police department in de-
ignating the four men called the
1t to the front and impressed upo
3 them the following dont's:
. Don't taste any intoxicating liqut
b while away from Philadelphia
in Don't lose your temper at al
time.
D. Don't fail TO uphold the reputatiC
he Of Philadelphia policemen for the
in courtesy.
or Don't fail to answer every que
ID tion however folish.
is Don't fail TO at once read the hi
- tory Of the bell so that you can a
re swer questions accurately.
i'll The first time the bell left Phi
ds adelphia was under different circul
be stances from those which caused {
20 later pilgrimages from the Grad
of Liberty" That was when |
n British army occupied the city
i'll Philadelphia in i777-l.7s a
K George Washington with his Co
of tinental army spent the winter
s. VALLEY Forge. AS the British a
d. preached The city in September
he was hurriedly taken to Attention.
ne Pa. and was kept in the Zion Lu'
en- eran church of that place until Jun
II. IFS, when 1t was returned to Pr
en- adel1hia Its subsequent journ'
Ter were:
,se 1ss5-To the Worlds Industr
ng and Cotton Exposition. New
re- leans
lsS3-World's Column bian EXPO
ng ton. Chicago.
ith lsS5-Cotton States and Inter
,ns tional Exposition. Atlanta.
ell le02-Charleston Exposition.
lis leo5-Battle of Bunkerhill @
IKE bration, Boston.
csc 1e04-Louisiana Purchase Ex