What to see in America . er the war its grounds were enlarged,new trees were planted, and this Square became a fashionableloitering place of whose genteel and urban charms the localpoets wrote stilted verses for the columns of the city 1752 the Liberty Bell was hung in Independence Hall, andon July 8, 1776, it fulfilled the proud mission inscribed on it — Proclaim liberty throughout the land, to all the inhabitants thereof. When the occupation of the city by the British seemed immanent, the next year, this bell and that of Christ Church were taken down and sunk in the river near Trent
What to see in America . er the war its grounds were enlarged,new trees were planted, and this Square became a fashionableloitering place of whose genteel and urban charms the localpoets wrote stilted verses for the columns of the city 1752 the Liberty Bell was hung in Independence Hall, andon July 8, 1776, it fulfilled the proud mission inscribed on it — Proclaim liberty throughout the land, to all the inhabitants thereof. When the occupation of the city by the British seemed immanent, the next year, this bell and that of Christ Church were taken down and sunk in the river near Trenton to prevent their failing into the hands of the enemy; and there they remained until the war ended. The Liberty Bell was cracked in 1835 while tolling for the funeral of Chief Justice Marshall. The Continental Congress met in the Hall when it adoptedthe Declaration of Independence, and here Washington wasappointed commander in chief of the army. The buildinghas been restored as nearly as possible to its original con-. The Letitia Hoi - Fairmount Park 114 Whsit to See in America
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