Independence Bells of Philadelphia by Thomas Kaufmann

Independence Bells of Philadelphia by Thomas Kaufmann The History Press, 224 pp., paperback $23.99 On July 8, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read to the people assembled in the Pennsylvania State House yard. The bells that rang around Philadelphia expressed the feeling of celebration in such a riotous way that John Adams wrote, “The Bells rung all Day, and almost all night. Even the...
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