Show the th first church and its hell bell the first bell rung in america wai was wa i erected on the first church ever built in this country early in HIM 1494 columbus landed at isabella in the island of san domingo in december 1193 and noon soon built a church shortly afterward a city was begun in the royal plain of la vega and was called la vega or the city of the plains the church with ita its bell and all the other house of isabella I 1 waa was then ilen to la I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 4 1 y vega in new city of tse pl ils was destroyed by an earthquake about a quarter of a century ago in the branches of a fig tree which bad grown up among the rulus of the belfry tower of the church a bell wag was seen which proved to be the original bell in question and this historic bell Is now in the city of washington it is of bronze 8 inches by OX bears the be letter F in irk old gothic characters and has the image of san miguel on ita its surface new NOW york sun |