Nakuba manje sekuyisibonelo esikhulu senkululeko yezwe, i -Liberty Bell yayingeyona amandla njalo. Eyasetshenziswe ekuqaleni ukubiza iPennsylvania Assembly emihlanganweni, iBell yayisamukelwe kungekudala kuphela abaqedile abashayeli kanye nabakhulekeli bezimoto kodwa nabamemezeli bamalungelo omphakathi, amaMelika aseMelika, abafuduki, ababhikishi bezempi, namanye amaqembu amaningi njengophawu lwabo. Unyaka ngamunye, abantu abayizigidi ezimbili baya eBell ukuze bawubuke futhi bacabange incazelo yalo.
Iziqalo ezithobekile
Leli bell manje libizwa ngokuthi i-Liberty Bell yaxoshwa ku-Whitechapel Foundry e-East End yaseLondon futhi yathunyelwa esakhiweni okwamanje esibizwa ngokuthi i-Independence Hall, ngaleso sikhathi iPennsylvania State House, ngo-1752. eduze komlomo nge-44-pound clapper. Okubhalwe phezulu kwakuyingxenye yevesi leBhayibheli elivela kuLevitikusi, "Memezela Ukukhululeka Kuzo Zonke Umhlaba kuzo zonke izakhamizi zalo."
Ngeshwa, i-clapper yaphuka insimbi ekusetshenzisweni kwayo kokuqala. Abaningi bezisebenzi zendawo, uJohn Pass noJohn Stow, baphinde baphinde baphinde bafaka ithusi ngokuphindaphindiwe, bese befaka ithusi elincane ukuze lenze kancane kancane bese befaka isiliva ukuze lithande ithoni. Akekho owanelisekile, kepha wafaka embhoshongweni weNdlu kaHulumeni.
Kusukela ngo-1753 kuya ku-1777, insimbi, naphezu kokuqhekeka kwayo, yayivame ukubiza iPhalamende lasePennsylvania ukuba lilandele. Kodwa ngawo-1770, insimbi yebell yayiqale ukubola futhi abanye bezwa ukukhala ngensimbi kungase kubangele umbhoshongo ukuba ufike.
Ngakho-ke, le bell cishe kwakungeyona nhlobo ukumemezela ukusayina kweSimemezelo Sokuzimela, noma ngisho nokubiza abantu ukuba bazwe ukufundwa kwayo kokuqala komphakathi ngoJulayi 8, 1776. Noma kunjalo, izikhulu zithathwa njengokubalulekile ngokwanele ukuhambisa, nezinye ezingu-22 amakhulu ama-bell Philadelphia, e-Allentown ngo-September 1777, ngakho-ke amabutho aseBrithani ahlasela ayengayithathi.
Yabuyiselwa eHhovisi likaHulumeni ngoJuni 1778.
Nakuba kungasaziwa ukuthi yini eyabangela ukuqhuma kokuqala ku-Liberty Bell, cishe kungenzeka ukuthi ukusetshenziswa konke okulandelayo kwaholela ekulimaleni okukhulu. Ngo-February 1846, i-repairmen yazama ukulungisa insimbi ngeendlela zokugaya ukuma, inqubo lapho imigqa ye-crack ifakwe phansi ukuze iwavimbele ekuxubeni komunye nomunye bese ejoyina izimpikiswano. Ngeshwa, ekulileni okulandelayo ngemuva kokuzalwa kukaWashington ngaleyo nyanga, ukuphela kokuqedwa kwavela futhi izikhulu zixazululwe ukuba zingalokothi ziphinde zishaye insimbi.
Nokho, ngaleso sikhathi kwakunamathele isikhathi eside ukuze uthole idumela. Ngenxa yobhaliso balo, ababhubhisi beziqalo baqala ukuyisebenzisa njengophawu, kuqala belibiza ngokuthi i-Liberty Bell kuRekhodi Lokulwa Nobugqila phakathi nawo-1830s. Ngo-1838, izincwadi ezanele zokubhubhisa zazisakazwa ukuthi abantu bayeka ukuyibiza ngokuthi iBell House Bell futhi kwaze kwaba yilapho benza iBell Liberty.
Emgaqweni
Ngesikhathi ingasetshenzisiwe njengensimbi esebenzayo, ikakhulukazi eminyakeni emva kweMpi Yombango, isikhundla sokufanisa seBellar Bell siqinisiwe. Kwaqala ukuthi yiziphi izinto eziqakathekile ukuvakasha izwe, ikakhulukazi eziNkulumweni Zomhlaba kanye neziboniso ezifanayo zamazwe ngamazwe lapho i-United States ifuna ukukhombisa izinto zayo ezihamba phambili futhi zigubhe ubunikazi bayo bobuzwe.
Uhambo lokuqala lwaba ngoJanuwari 1885, emgwaqweni okhethekile wesitimela, okwenza izinyathelo ezingu-14 endleleni eya kwi-World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition eNew Orleans.
Ukulandela lokho, kwaya kwi-World's Columbian Exposition-eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Chicago World's Fair-ngo-1893, lapho uJohn Philip Sousa ehlanganisa "I-Liberty Bell March" kulo mcimbi. Ngo-1895, i-Liberty Bell yenza izigubhu ezingu-40 zokugubha endleleni eya e-Cotton State nase-International Exposition e-Atlanta, futhi ngo-1903, yenza amaki angu-49 ehamba e-Charlestown, eMassachusetts, iminyaka engu-128 yempi yaseBunker Hill.
Lo mgwaqo wesikhashana waseLiberty Bell waqhubeka kwaze kwafika ngo-1915, lapho insimbi ithatha uhambo olude ezweni lonke, kuqala ePitoli-Pacific Exhibition International eSan Francisco, bese kuthi, ekwindla, kwesinye isihle kangaka eSan Diego.
Lapho ibuyela eFiladelphia, yabuyiselwa ngaphakathi egumbini lokuqala leHholo le-Independence leminyaka engama-60, ngesikhathi esisodwa sathinteka kanye kuphela ngasePhiladelphia ukukhuthaza ukuthengiswa kwezimpi ze-War Bond phakathi neMpi Yezwe I.
Ukukhululeka Ukuvotela
Kodwa, futhi, iqembu labavukeli bezimpi bekulangazelela ukusebenzisa i-Liberty Bell njengophawu lwayo. Abesifazane bahlupha, balwela ilungelo lokuvota, bafake iBel Liberty emaphaketheni kanye nezinye izinto zokubambisana ukuze bakhuthaze umsebenzi wabo wokuvota eMelika ngokomthetho wabesifazane.
Ayikho indawo njengekhaya
Ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe I, i-Liberty Bell yayimi ngokuyinhloko egumbini lokuvakasha leHhovisi le-Independence, umvuthwandaba wokuvakasha kwabavakashela ekwakheni. Kodwa obaba basezidolobheni bakhathazekile ngokuthi ukugubha kwe-bicentennial yeSimemezelo Sokuzimela ngo-1976 kuzoletha ukucindezeleka okungadingekile kwezixuku eHholo Lobu Independence futhi ngenxa yalokho, i-Liberty Bell. Ukuze bahlangabezane nale nselele esondelayo, banquma ukwakha ibhodlela eligqoke ingilazi yeBell yonkana neChestnut Street kusukela eHholo lokuzimela. Ngesikhathi sokushisa kakhulu ekuseni ekuseni kaJanuwari 1, 1976, abasebenzi baqoqa iBell Liberty ngaphesheya komgwaqo, lapho bekubekwe khona kuze kube yilapho kwakhiwa isikhungo esisha se-Liberty Bell ngo-2003.
Ngo-Okthoba 9, 2003, i-Liberty Bell yathuthela emzini wayo omusha, isikhungo esikhulu esinombukiso wokuhumusha ngokubaluleka kweBell ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Iwindi elikhulu livumela izivakashi ukuba zikubone ngokumelene nengemuva kwekhaya lakudala, iHholo Lobu Independence.
Vakashela iFiladelphia inhlangano engeyona inzuzo ezinikezele ekwenzeni ukuqwashisa nokuvakashelwa ezifundeni zasePhiladelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware naseMontgomery. Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi mayelana nokuhamba e-Philadelphia nokubona i-Liberty Bell, shayela i-Independence Visitor Centre, e- Independence National Historical Park , ku- (800) 537-7676.