What makes the liberty bell famous

But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Recommended for you. Words of Leviticus, Old Testament, inscribed on the bell. Today the Liberty Bell is an internationally recognized icon for freedom, but that has not always been so. The bell was ordered for the Pennsylvania State House today known as Independence Hall in , just after the 50th anniversary of William Penn's Charter of Privileges, Pennsylvania's liberal colonial constitution.

The Bell did go on a Revolutionary road trip. In , the Bell was removed from Philadelphia under armed guard and taken to Allentown, Pa. The fear was the British would melt the Bell and use it to make cannons. It came back to Philadelphia the following year. The Liberty Bell last hit the road in Back in the day, the Bell went on tour around the United States, but in the days before World War I, it became clear the Bell had condition issues.

Today, it resides at the Liberty Bell Center in Philadelphia , where it is occasionally tapped to mark special occasions. Toggle navigation. Sign up for our email newsletter.