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Show IT PAGE 12 THURSDAY, JUNE 26. .975 ...But Hauling It Away Cost More Than It Was Worth news- over tyranny, the National paper scooped the Liberty Bell in proclaiming the Declaration of Independence from England 199 years ago. Contrary to popular belief, the Liberty Bell was not rung on July 4 that steamy Pennsylvania summer. It did not peal until four days later. In fact, on July 4, 1776, hardly any of Philadelphia's citizens knew about Thomas Jefferson's just inked Declaration of Independence. They had to wait a couple of days to find out what it said and how it had committed them to a showdown with King George III. The Liberty Bell is and has been depicted throughout much of the world as a symbol of victory of freedom Geographic Society says. During the Bicentennial, WASHINGTON A RETUMIN6 MornMM Active BUT TWO centuries ago the Liberty Bell hung across the street in the State House of the Province of Pennsylvania, now Independence Hall. Four floors below in secret meetings that July, history was being writ large by a roomful of rebels The Founding Fathers. None of them thought to have the bell rung on July 2 when, assembled as the Second Continental Congress, they voted unanimously to TO UTAH - NEED which includes family Vancouver, Washington million of Americans will visit it, now housed in a special pavilion in downtown Philadelphia. is wanting WORK three to settle children and work Area. Husband, Age (36) has the trades Logan a general painter, and custodian. interior painter, Wife, any information work last co decorator, work would bo gratefully in printing beautician of 15 be considered will the of a sign Fleiograph age (33) is a licensed years eiperience. Any honorable from Be appreciated. and available for week in June. Write or call Paul and Rosalie Helms, Norman L Hull, 14315 Zip 3597 - So. 5100 West, Hooper, Utah. 0337. telephone approve a "resolution of independence" introduced by Virginia Delegate Richard Henry Lee. The bell also was silent July 4 when the congress unanimously adopted what the resolution authorized: Declarthe ation of Independence that Thomas Jefferson had spent the last few days drafting. dangerous and may prove fatal to those afflicted with sickness." IN YEARS to come, the bell marked milestones of the young nation. Then, on tti Ml f I I ON JULY 6 the Philadelphia newspaper, the Penn- sylvania Packet, scored the scoop of the era when it came out with the full, undeleted text of the Declaration. Then, two days later, the Liberty Bell rang when the Declaration was presented officially. The bell gathered those within earshot before that State House and the Declaration was read to them by Philadelphia's sheriff. He was Colonel John Nixon, long since overshadowed in history by a distant kinsman, the 37th president of the United States. fI i I Lv V-- rmCh' 7 W a offered and they accepted as a gift the burdensome relic that is now one of the nation's treasures. SCREENS CUSTOM Philadelphia's city fathers I took him to court, dropping I their suit only when he ttt mcma ii w i5r2SMA iu 7se w. i. Stwa Own CjyTWdW ic nmu I WwbW Refreshments tJiS fe V Patriotism aside, the bell was not loved by its neighbors who called it a "lethal weapon," declaring, "From its uncommon size and unusual sound it is extremely the 59th anniJuly versary of its most famous day, UM5LDeu cracked while filing the death of Chief Justice John Marshall who 8, 1835, had died in Philadelphia. A replacement bell was made by John Wilbank of German town, Pennsylvania. He refused to haul away the broken Liberty Bell, insisting: "Drayage costs more than the bell is worth." 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