Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMillions of visitors are expected in Pennsylvania for the semi-quincentennial, and many will likely visit Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell. For those unable to make the trip, replica Liberty Bells may be found at government buildings, museums, or even fire stations. While not the original, these replicas are faithful reproductions.1950 Treasury projectIn 1950, the U.S. Treasury Department commissioned replicas of the Liberty Bell as part of a savings bond drive, creating one for each U.S. state and several territories.These replicas, except for their serial numbers, were designed to be exact copies, complete with the “Pass and Stow” trademark and a simulated crack.Bell huntersA small but growing group of “bell hunters” has dedicated themselves to visiting as many of these replicas as possible. “So far, I’ve visited 39 Liberty Bells. I’ve been to 41 states, but unfortunately some of them were under construction,” Zoe Murphy said. “I’ve never been to Hawaii’s bell. And, presumably, that’s going to be the last one we go to,” she added.Restoration and Pennsylvania\u2019s bellOver the years, many of the replicas have been neglected, moved, or hidden from public view, but some are being restored ahead of the 250th anniversary. Pennsylvania\u2019s replica Liberty Bell is located in the former Zion\u2019s Reformed Church of Allentown, which is historically significant as the site where the original Liberty Bell was briefly kept in 1777 to hide it from British forces during the Revolutionary War.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Millions of visitors are expected in Pennsylvania for the semi-quincentennial, and many will likely visit Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell. <\/p>\n
For those unable to make the trip, replica Liberty Bells may be found at government buildings, museums, or even fire stations. While not the original, these replicas are faithful reproductions.<\/p>\n
1950 Treasury project<\/p>\n
In 1950, the U.S. Treasury Department commissioned replicas of the Liberty Bell as part of a savings bond drive, creating one for each U.S. state and several territories.<\/p>\n
These replicas, except for their serial numbers, were designed to be exact copies, complete with the “Pass and Stow” trademark and a simulated crack.<\/p>\n
Bell hunters\t<\/p>\n
A small but growing group of “bell hunters” has dedicated themselves to visiting as many of these replicas as possible. <\/p>\n
“So far, I’ve visited 39 Liberty Bells. I’ve been to 41 states, but unfortunately some of them were under construction,” Zoe Murphy said. “I’ve never been to Hawaii’s bell. And, presumably, that’s going to be the last one we go to,” she added.<\/p>\n
Restoration and Pennsylvania\u2019s bell<\/p>\n
Over the years, many of the replicas have been neglected, moved, or hidden from public view, but some are being restored ahead of the 250th anniversary. <\/p>\n
Pennsylvania\u2019s replica Liberty Bell is located in the former Zion\u2019s Reformed Church of Allentown, which is historically significant as the site where the original Liberty Bell was briefly kept in 1777 to hide it from British forces during the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LANCASTER, MATT BARCARO WGAL NEWS EIGHT. MILLIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VISIT PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL, AND A LOT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8120,80258,80254,17289,555,7165,6016,11930,28,30,29,80261,36027,80255,80257,80256,80260,80259,42577,80253],"class_list":["post-179765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-america250","tag-bell-hunter","tag-former-zions-reformed-church","tag-interest","tag-liberty-bell","tag-million","tag-part","tag-pass","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-reformed-church","tag-replica","tag-replica-liberty-bell","tag-replica-liberty-bells","tag-semi-quincentennial","tag-simulated-crack","tag-stow","tag-trademark","tag-u-s-treasury-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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