The bell cracked the first time it was rung.
The bell weighed 2080 pounds when it was cast.
The strike note of the Bell is E-flat
[source: Charles Boland, "Ring in the Jubilee" ©1973]
On June 6, 1944, when Allied forces landed in France, the sound of the bell was broadcast to all parts of the country
There are three known recordings of the Bell. Two were made in the 1940s for radio stations to play; the third is currently owned by Columbia Records.
About 1,500,000 people annually make a pilgrimage to the Bell.
On the bell, "Pennsylvania" is spelled "Pensylvania"
When the Liberty Bell first cracked, it was given to Pass & Stow to recast. A replacement bell was ordered from Whitechapel Foundry in England. The Pass & Stow bell was completed and installed before the new one came from Whitechapel. Read about this "Sister Bell" here: Old St. Augustine's Church.
As an April Fools (1996) joke, Taco Bell ran a full-page ad in various newspapers, including The New York Times, claiming to have bought the Liberty Bell.
Grace Bedell, age 11, wrote Abe Lincoln with a suggestion. She urged Lincoln to grow a beard. If he did, she'd try to get her four brothers to vote for him as president. Lincoln won the election in November - then grew a beard
All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You've got to find it on your
own terms.
-- Harrison Ford
