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Liberty Bell's travels debated as crack widens over time
Panama Exposition and California officials discuss keeping the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia as the crack grows. Wilfred Jordan notes the second crack has extended and now reaches one third around the bell. The bell's long history from its 1753 casting in London to its role in pre revolutionary protests and public proclamations is recounted.
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Ince
Commonwealth of California
Philadelphia
Wilfred Jordan
Independence Hall
Jordan
Republic
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific
Assembly of
Pennsylvania
England
State House
Province of Pennsylvania
Thomas Lester
White Chapel
London
Isaac Morris
Budden
America
Herman Pass
Island of
Malta
Jacob Stow
Charles Stow
Pass and
Stow
Franklin
Colonies
Delaware
State House Yard
Polly
Boston
Lexington
Continental Congress
Carpenter's Hall
John Nixon
Old State House
Lord Cornwallis
Washington
Great Britain