This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Liberty Bell and its endless travels spark debate on future
Panama exposition and California seek to borrow the Liberty Bell for the exhibit. Wilfred Jordan notes the second crack has lengthened slightly, reaching one third around the bell. Philadelphia would gladly loan the relic, which has long symbolized liberty and connected colonial days to modern nationhood.
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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
Frank Mn
Delaware
State House Yard
Polly
Boston
Lexington
Continental Congress
Carpenter’s Hall
John Nixon
Old State House
Lord Cornwalls
Washington
Great Britain