Salem Government #1D: Liberty Bell Replica

Liberty Bell Replica on September 4, 2006

This replica of the Liberty Bell is one of 53 cast in France in 1950 and given to each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Two additional bells were cast for the city in France where they were made and Independence, Missouri, hometown of then-president Harry Truman.

Liberty Bell Replica on September 4, 2006

Like the original Liberty Bell, the replica bears the following words:

Proclaim Liberty throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants thereof Lev. XXV vs X.
By Order of the Assembly of the Province of Pensylvania for the State House in Philad^a
Pass and Stow
Philad^a
MDCCLIII

Liberty Bell Replica Plaque on September 4, 2006

The plaque accompanying the replica reads as follows:

DEDICATED TO YOU, A FREE CITIZEN IN A FREE LAND

THIS REPRODUCTION OF THE LIBERTY BELL WAS PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF

OREGON

BY DIRECTION OF
THE HONORABLE JOHN W. SNYDER
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

AS THE INSPIRATIONAL SYMBOL OF THE
UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS INDEPENDENCE DRIVE
FROM MAY 15 TO JULY 4, 1950, IT WAS DISPLAYED IN
EVERY PART OF THIS STATE.

THE DIMENSIONS AND TONE ARE IDENTICAL
WITH THOSE OF THE ORIGINAL LIBERTY BELL WHEN IT
RANG OUT OUR INDEPENDENCE IN 1776.

IN STANDING BEFORE THIS SYMBOL, YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DEDICATE YOURSELF,
AS DID OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, TO THE PRINCIPALS
OF THE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM FOR WHICH OUR NATION STANDS.

THIS BELL IS ONE OF FIFTY-THREE CAST IN FRANCE IN 1950,
AND GIVEN TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BY:

AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING COMPANY MIAMI COPPER COMPANY
ANACONDA COPPER MINING COMPANY               PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION
KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION                 THE AMERICAN METAL COMPANY, LIMITED

STEEL SUPPORTS BY U. S. STEEL CORPORATION’S AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY
THIS PLAQUE DONATED BY REVERE COPPER AND BRASS INCORPORATED

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