The 57 US Treasury Liberty Bells
The 57 US Treasury Liberty Bells

The sign

{reading time: 9 minutes}From out of nowhere, like a mugger who has me dead to rights, something both familiar and foreign blocks my path …

Saved by zero

{reading time: 12 minutes}When we think of magical numbers, we don’t think of zero. But that just makes the magic stronger. So it’s only fitting the Wyoming Liberty Bell replica is number zero.

Precious

{reading time: 9 minutes}The Arizona Liberty Bell replica weighs 2080 pounds. 1,622 of those pounds are copper. 1,103 of those copper pounds were mined in the state. Here’s the story …

2,000 miles

{reading time: 9 minutes}Hundreds of blood-red handprints cover the bright white Columbus limestone columns and steps of the Ohio Statehouse … (Part 5 of 6)

It tolls for thee

{reading time: 12 minutes}McBride spends his last 35 cents on coffee and rolls. He tramps the streets for 16 hours until remembering the young well-wisher who donated their glass Liberty Bell bank to the cause …

Cracked rear view

{reading time: 5 minutes}Perhaps in an effort to not be known as the home of the world’s largest statue of a racist centenarian, Columbia boasts the world’s largest fire hydrant and a Hootie and the Blowfish memorial …