Other Liberty Bells

{reading time: 11 minutes}In the early morning hours of a sleepy Seattle Saturday, brazen thieves stole a 2080-pound Liberty Bell replica. And they might have gotten away with it if not for a few meddling bell lovers.

{reading time: 7 minutes}From the first second, you know exactly what’s coming on the TV and what you’ll be doing for the next two hours …

{reading time: 12 minutes}Since the beginning, darkness has always pressed terrifyingly upon the earth …

{reading time: 7 minutes}Very few bells these days have a belladier. In 1994, David Hall, a sandblaster by trade, finds his true calling, and I find my belladier.

{reading time: 7 minutes}How a one-ton Liberty Bell replica vanished in plain sight in America’s fifth-largest city.

{reading time: 3 minutes}Marka Truesdale duPont stands before a bubbling cauldron of molten metal. Outside, it’s a gorgeous spring day — the 13th of April 1953. Inside, it’s …

{reading time: 5 minutes}Is the Liberty Bell a replica? No. That’s the short answer. The long answer depends on how you ask the question.

{reading time: 8 minutes}The world’s best Liberty Bell experience is exactly where you’d least expect it … (Part 2 of 6)

{reading time: < 1 minute}In addition to the 57 U.S. Treasury bells, there are plenty of Liberty Bells to be found around the world. Here are some of their stories …

{reading time: 11 minutes}Four bells, twelve states, and countless surprises. This is 2020 (Part 1 of 6) …

{reading time: 8 minutes}Charleston, Illinois is where, in 1858, Senatorial candidate Abraham Lincoln famously refuted his opponent’s accusation that he favored racial equality. But that’s not why we’re in Charleston. We’re here to see the Liberty Bell … (Part 4 of 6)

{reading time: 8 minutes}Armageddon’s first episode will surely be broadcast from Forest Lawn Memorial-Park …

{reading time: 24 minutes}It’s hard to be in the cemetery business without getting your hands dirty every now and then …

{reading time: 10 minutes}An advertisement runs in the Minneapolis Star. Pictured is a well-dressed nuclear family: mom, dad, the boy, the girl, and grandma — who looks healthy but will probably die soon …

{reading time: 8 minutes}She backed away slowly and blended into the shrubbery …

{reading time: 6 minutes}If we share our space with all the souls who’ve lived here before us, then Melbourne, Florida is teeming with ghosts — and they’re not all at peace …

{reading time: 9 minutes}Much of what you read about the Disney Liberty Bell replica is somewhere south of the full truth. But the real story is no less interesting …

{reading time: 7 minutes}This time the inspiration came from somewhere south of heaven. South Philly, to be precise …

{reading time: 12 minutes}It’s the Saturday before the first Thanksgiving of the 1970s, and shit in Portland has been blowing up with alarming regularity …

{reading time: 12 minutes}The parade features a floating (and erupting) volcano stage, a 200-person roller-skating human pyramid, fast food restaurant workers marching in uniform, the Liberty Bell, and (of course) Patrick Duffy …

{reading time: 11 minutes}Cablegram: May 6, 1940 | To: Herr Hitler, Berlin “Only accurate replica of the Liberty Bell … we offer $3,000 if delivered at New York in good condition for use in the World’s Fair …

{reading time: 15 minutes}“You have never met a character like me.” Part showmanship, part satisfaction guarantee; this is how the Reverend Joseph B. Head, the Liberty Bell minister, …