250 years ago, the Liberty Bell was rung in Philadelphia to call citizens to hear the newly-signed Declaration of Independence, or at least that's what is said to have happened. No contemporary account of the ringing is known to exist, but there is historical documentation that when the Declaration was read publicly in Philadelphia, bells around the city were rung in commemoration. What we call the Liberty Bell had been specially commissioned years earlier to ring out across a much larger breadth of the city's territory, and it would seem the least likely scenario that for some reason, it's E-flat was silent on this most momentous occasion. READ more from On This Day... (1776)
