According to ushistory. We aren't sure why there is a round pin in the crack but WONDER if it was put there to keep the bell from cracking further! We are glad you learned something new with us today, Nydeshajohnson! Hi, Tony! We're super sorry you are having issues loading the video for this Wonder of the Day! Can you send us an email at hello wonderopolis. Thanks so much for visiting Wonderopolis today! Thanks for "ringing" in with such a super comment, The Power Puff Girls! We are glad you learned some new things about the Liberty Bell!
Moving the heavy Liberty Bell was and is no easy task! Here is a great article about a more recent move it had to make and the high-tech way the folks at the National Park Service made sure that famous crack didn't get any bigger during the move! Thank you for sharing what you learned with everyone in Wonderopolis!
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Join the Discussion. Jan 26, Sounds like you're ready for a Wonder Journey! Let us know what you learn. Holly Dec 14, Dec 19, Mia Jul 24, I really want to know why the bell cracked! I wish that we knew why! Jul 25, Hiter Feb 2, Johnnie Jan 30, Jan 31, Thanks, Johnnie! So glad you enjoyed this Wonder!
We love having Wonder Friends like you! Johnnie Jan 31, I want to see the bell but I've seen a cartoon about what they thought what happened. So, they set about making repairs. Using a method called stop drilling, they actually widened the crack , which is now 21 inches 0.
But the repair wasn't successful. Another crack developed and the bell sounded no more. But that didn't mean it disappeared quietly. In the late s and early s, the bell went on occasional national tours. In , politicians decided to hold a ceremonial ringing of the broken bell in hopes of drumming up support for World War I. The bell was actually tapped with a mallet.
That led to the bell becoming the symbol of the immense fundraising effort for the war in the form of buying Liberty Bonds in and They also sent it on a national railroad tour, with a newfangled lighting system that kept it illuminated each night on its journey aboard the Liberty Bell Special.
Citizens flocked to see it. By some estimates, nearly a quarter of the entire country managed to set eyes on the symbol of freedom. And these Liberty Bond drives were a smashing success, raising billions of dollars in war bonds to help the Allied Powers win the war. In , the Liberty Bell Center at Independence Hall in Philadelphia was opened, which is where the bell now resides. Over the decades, there have been numerous calls to repair it and make it whole. A scientist at steel giant ArcelorMittal claimed it would be rather simple to melt the bell, balance the various metals in it, and then recast it to make it usable, reported the Philadelphia Inquirer in But a representative for the NPS, which runs the center, said fixing the bell might be illegal and would serve no purpose.
Even its crack is part of our patriotic metaphorical landscape. Correction: The sentence on the role of the bell in World War I has been corrected to note that the bell was not sent on tour to drum up support for war bonds.
Rather, it sent on tour to drum up support for the war effort. Later, it became a symbol for the drive to raise funds for the war via the selling of bonds. In , researchers at the Winterthur Museum set out to understand exactly why the bell cracked. Did it really ring on July 4, ?
And where was the Bell hidden from the British? The Liberty Bell pre-dates the Revolution. The Pennsylvania Assembly had the Liberty Bell made in to mark the year anniversary of William Penn's Charter of Privileges, which served as Pennsylvania's original Constitution.
What is written on the Bell? No one knows today when the Bell was cracked. The crack is a big subject of debate among historians. One theory is the Bell got its first crack in when it was tested upon its arrival in Philadelphia. The Liberty Bell rang often during its functional lifetime.
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