The original bell requested on November 1, 1751, cast by Whitechapel Bellfoundary, and delivered to the U.S. in September 1752, was "test" rung in March of 1753...this is the official first ringing of the first Liberty Bell...and this bell cracked upon the first strike of the bell-clapper.
The Liberty Bell was recast twice by John Pass and John Stowe (Who's names appear on the bell we know today) and is the bell we see today. It was first rung on July 4, 1776 (according to an 1847 short story and historians, but exact date is not officially documented). It hung for years in the steeple of the Pennsylvania State House (today known as Independence Hall ), and was used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions and to alert citizens to public meetings and proclamations. Bells were rung to mark the reading of the Declaration on July 8, 1776, and while there is no contemporary account of the Liberty Bell ringing, most historians believe it was one of the bells rung. It is said to have cracked while ringing the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1857, but again there is no official documentation.
The first time the liberty bell rang was July 4 1776
Ben Franklin
no one knows.
yes it did it rang on marchin 1753
March 1753
The Liberty Bell first rang on July 8, 1776. The occasion was the first reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, PA.
Gerald Ford
true
Becuase at the time the bell was rang so often that it cracked. then they tried to fix it and did so. then they rang it so much again that it cracked all the way up and the liberty bell cannot ring again.
To call the founding fathers to meetings when it rang.
When the town had a meeting. Or very speacial ocasions.
they would be put in prison
only if it rang 867-5309! lol
From the Liberty Bell website: http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/The Bell achieved its iconic status when abolitionists adopted the Bell as a symbol for the movement. It was first used in this association as a frontispiece to an 1837 edition of Liberty, published by the New York Anti-Slavery Society. It was, in fact, the abolitionists who gave it the name "Liberty Bell," in reference to its inscription. It was previously called simply the "State House bell."
They rang the bell to let colonists know that they were free
Philadelphia, PA
Charles e nesbit the third