The bell cracked from being “clocked”- holding the clapper agaist the reverberating bell,which sets up destructive vibrations. In 1976 Whitchapel Foundry, London, who originally cast the bell, offered to recast it (a common practice in bell restoration) as a gift to help the US to celebrate the Bicentennial, but the offer was declined. IIRC, they had recast it once before in the 1700s.
Is it also a weird myth that Davy Crockett (King of the Wild Frontier) patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell? (Of course, it would be an even weirder myth had he “fixed up the government and laws as well”……) If you can’t trust old children’s songs, what can you trust?
SKJAM! Premium Member over 5 years ago
I enjoyed Liberty Belle in the All-Star Squadron comics, who got her powers from the bell’s legend.
Masterskrain Premium Member over 5 years ago
yeah…exactly WHAT DID HAPPEN to the current occupant’s “Infrastructure Week”???
DonLee2 over 5 years ago
“And if McShane would have made it (The Liberty Bell) …”“They’d be ringing it today!”(Start at 20:30)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_xkEYxg4Uc
VegaAlopex over 5 years ago
Why is James Knox Polk in this cartoon? Was it because he was president when the Liberty Bell cracked?
richsolano over 5 years ago
Hey, thanks for saving my family an hour waiting on line to see it! To the Flyers’ team store, kids! Happy New Year to all!
gigagrouch over 5 years ago
The bell cracked from being “clocked”- holding the clapper agaist the reverberating bell,which sets up destructive vibrations. In 1976 Whitchapel Foundry, London, who originally cast the bell, offered to recast it (a common practice in bell restoration) as a gift to help the US to celebrate the Bicentennial, but the offer was declined. IIRC, they had recast it once before in the 1700s.
GaryCooper over 5 years ago
It’s more of a symbol of our tendency to mythologize random things.
Godfreydaniel over 5 years ago
Is it also a weird myth that Davy Crockett (King of the Wild Frontier) patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell? (Of course, it would be an even weirder myth had he “fixed up the government and laws as well”……) If you can’t trust old children’s songs, what can you trust?