What Philadelphia is; a sketch of the industries and leading characteristics of the cityWith special reference to its historic past . Lincoln. The nationgathered there in 1876, when the countrys monsterCentennial reached its zenith, and then again in 1887,at the Constitutional Centennial, all the great men ofthe prosperous and giant Republic passed throughits corridors and beneath its dome. In 1876 it wasdedicated to the people of the United States by theCity of Philadelphia, into whose possession it hadcome about the beginning of the century. T^HE LIBERTY BELL. 00000000 Within those sacred po
What Philadelphia is; a sketch of the industries and leading characteristics of the cityWith special reference to its historic past . Lincoln. The nationgathered there in 1876, when the countrys monsterCentennial reached its zenith, and then again in 1887,at the Constitutional Centennial, all the great men ofthe prosperous and giant Republic passed throughits corridors and beneath its dome. In 1876 it wasdedicated to the people of the United States by theCity of Philadelphia, into whose possession it hadcome about the beginning of the century. T^HE LIBERTY BELL. 00000000 Within those sacred portals hangs thatbit of metal most sacred to the United States,—theLiberty Bell. This emblem of the past was first hungin the tower in August, 1752. Within a month itbecame cracked. It was recast, and in June, 1753,was again hung in the steeple. It remained in faithfuluse and rano- out the oreat Declaration, after which itwas used only on particular occasions. It was finallycracked on July 8, 1835, while tolling in memory ofChief-Justice Marshall, who died in this city two daysbefore. Twice only has the bell been removed from. THE LIBERTY BELL WHA T PHILADELPHIA IS. 2 I its home. In 1777, when the British occupied the city,it was sent to Lancaster, and in 1885 it was sent tothe Exposition at New Orleans to emphasize the bondof fraternal union between the North and the reeen-erated South. Its last return was made the occasionof a civic pageant, and since then it has remainedsuspended in Independence Hall, the most veneratedinanimate thing in the United States, excepting theState-House itself, the original Declaration of Inde-pendence, and the actual parchment of the Consti-tution. Not only in Revolutionary memories is Philadel-phia dear to the nation. Here the first Abolitionsociety was formed and began its work. Hc;re thefirst bank of the countr)- was established. Here thefirst Stars and Stripes were unfurled to the breeze,and the place where the Hag was made, 239 ArchStreet,
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