What happened to the bell crack

Jeff “JWW” Wilson | Sep 20, 2020 | Category: Historical landmark in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Daniel VanDeKerkhove | Sep 20, 2020

So when did the Liberty Bell get its famous crack? That’s not exactly clear. According to one of many stories, it first cracked back in 1824, during the visit of the Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette. Another story holds that it fractured later that year, while tolling to signal a fire. One of the most popular legends claims that the bell cracked during the funeral of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835, but newspaper accounts of the funeral do not mention such an incident. Whatever the truth is, it seems the bell was certainly damaged by 1846, when (according to official city records) Philadelphia’s mayor requested that the bell be rung on George Washington’s birthday.  https://www.history.com/news/why-is-the-liberty-bell-cracked

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