Kodayake yanzu shine] aya daga cikin manyan gumaka na 'yanci, Liberty Bell ba kullum ba ne wata alama ce ta alama. Da farko an yi amfani da su a majalisar dokokin Pennsylvania zuwa tarurruka, ba da daɗewa ba aka cire Bell ba kawai ta hanyar abolitionists da suffragists amma har da masu kare hakkin bil'adama, 'yan asalin ƙasar Amirka,' yan gudun hijira, masu zanga-zangar yaki, da sauran kungiyoyi daban-daban a matsayin alama. A kowace shekara, mutane miliyan biyu suna tafiya zuwa Bell kawai don su dubi shi kuma suyi ma'anar ma'anarta.
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Murmusha da ake kira Liberty Bell an jefa shi a cikin Whitechapel Foundry a Gabashin Gabas na London kuma an aika zuwa ginin da aka sani a yanzu haka a matsayin Hallar Independence, a Jihar Pennsylvania , a 1752. Wannan abu ne mai ban sha'awa, mai faɗi 12 a kusa da lebe tare da fashin karfe 44. Wanda aka rubuta a saman ya kasance wani ɓangare na ayar Littafi Mai Tsarki daga Leviticus, "Yi shela a cikin dukan ƙasar ga dukan mazaunanta."
Abin takaicin shine, mabudin ya fashe kararrawa a farkon amfani da shi. Wasu masu sana'a na gida, John Pass da John Stow, sun sake kararrawa sau biyu, sau ɗaya da kara da jan karfe don su rage shi sannan sannan su kara da azurfa don su ji daɗin sauti. Ba wanda ya gamsu, amma an saka shi a hasumiyar Jihar.
Tun daga 1753 zuwa 1777, kararrawa, duk da tafinsa, ya fi yawa ya kira majalisar dokokin Pennsylvania. Amma a cikin shekarun 1770, mayafin hasumiya ya fara motsawa kuma wasu ji muryar kararrawa na iya haifar da hasumiya.
Ta haka ne, kararraki ba wataƙuwa ba ne don sanar da sanya hannu kan sanarwar Independence, ko kuma ya kira mutane su ji labarin farko na jama'a a ranar 8 ga Yuli, 1776. Duk da haka, jami'ai sunyi la'akari da cewa yana da mahimmanci don matsawa, tare da wasu 22 babban karfin Philadelphia, zuwa Allentown a watan Satumba na shekara ta 1777, don haka sojojin da ba su shiga cikin sojojin Birtaniya ba za su kwace shi ba.
An mayar da shi zuwa ga Gwamnatin Jihar Yuni 1778.
Duk da yake ba a san abin da ya sa aka fara da farko a Liberty Bell ba, watakila kowane amfani da baya ya haifar da lalacewa. A cikin watan Fabrairun 1846, masu gyara sunyi ƙoƙari su gyara kararrawa tare da hanyar hawan tsayar da hanzari, hanyar da aka sanya a gefen gefe na ƙwanƙwasa don hana su daga shafawa da juna sannan daga bisani suka shiga. Abin baƙin cikin shine, a cikin wata murya ta gaba don ranar haihuwar Washington bayan wannan watan, babban ɓangaren ƙwanƙwasa ya girma kuma jami'an sun yanke shawarar kada su sake sake kararrawa.
A wannan lokacin, duk da haka, ya rataye a tsawon lokaci don samun ladabi. Saboda takardunsa, abolitionists sun fara amfani da shi a matsayin alama, da farko da kira shi Liberty Bell a cikin Record Anti-Slavery a cikin tsakiyar 1830s. A shekara ta 1838, an rarraba wallafe-wallafen wallafe-wallafe da yawa saboda mutane sun daina kiran shi murmushi na Jihar State kuma har abada ya ba shi Liberty Bell.
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Da zarar ba'a amfani dashi a matsayin kararrawa ba, musamman a cikin shekaru bayan yakin basasa, yanayin Liberty Bell ya ƙarfafa. Ya fara faruwa a kan abin da ya faru na musamman na barnstorming na kasashen waje, mafi yawa zuwa ayyukan duniya da kuma sauran ƙasashen duniya inda Amurka ke so ya nuna kayan da ya fi kyauta kuma ya tuna da asalinta.
Na farko tafiya ya kasance a Janairu 1885, a kan wani tashar jirgin kasa na musamman, yin 14 tsaya a hanya zuwa Masana'antu na Duniya da kuma Cotton Cententnial Exposition a New Orleans.
Bayan haka, sai ya tafi cikin Tarihin Columbian na Duniya - wanda aka sani da Birnin Chicago na Duniya - a 1893, inda John Philip Sousa ya rubuta "The Liberty Bell Maris" don wannan lokaci. A shekara ta 1895, Liberty Bell ta yi kwana 40 a kan hanyar zuwa jihar ta Yamma da kuma Exposition na kasa da kasa a Atlanta, kuma a cikin 1903, ya kafa tashoshi 49 a hanyar zuwa Charlestown, Massachusetts, don tunawa da shekaru 128 na yakin Bunker Hill.
Wannan salon lokaci na Liberty Bell ya ci gaba har zuwa 1915, lokacin da kararrawa ta yi tafiya mai zurfi a fadin kasar, na farko zuwa Panama-Pacific International Exposition a San Francisco, sa'an nan, a cikin fall, zuwa wani irin wannan kyakkyawa a San Diego.
Lokacin da ya dawo Philadelphia, an sake mayar da shi a cikin bene na farko na Ofishin Independence na tsawon shekaru 60, a lokacin wannan lokacin ne aka motsa shi ne kawai a Philadelphia don inganta kasuwancin War Bond a lokacin yakin duniya na farko.
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Amma, kuma, wani rukuni na masu gwagwarmaya sun yi marmarin amfani da Liberty Bell a matsayin alamarta. Mata suna da tsauri, suna yaki da 'yancin yin zabe, sun sa Liberty Bell a kan akwatuna da sauran kayan aiki don inganta aikin su na yin zabe a Amurka game da mata.
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Bayan yakin duniya na farko, Liberty Bell ya tsaya a cikin Hasumiyar Hall na Independence Hall, yawancin ziyartar ziyara zuwa ginin. Amma mazaunan garin sun damu da cewa bikin bicentennial na gabatarwa na Independence a 1976 zai haifar da matsalolin mutane da yawa zuwa Majalisa ta Independence kuma, a sakamakon haka, Liberty Bell. Don saduwa da wannan kalubalen da ke faruwa, sun yanke shawara su gina gine-ginen gilashi don Bell a fadin Chestnut Street daga Ofishin Independence Hall. A cikin ruwan sanyi na farko na ranar 1 ga watan Janairu, 1976, ma'aikata sun kori Liberty Bell a fadin titin, inda ya rataye har sai an gina sabuwar cibiyar Liberty Bell a shekarar 2003.
A ranar 9 ga Oktoba, 2003, Liberty Bell ya koma gidansa, cibiyar da ta fi girma da nunawa a kan muhimmancin Bell akan lokaci. Babbar taga ta ba da damar baƙi damar ganin ta a kan bayanan gidan tsohonta, Hall of Independence Hall.
Ziyarci Birnin Philadelphia wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ba ta kirkiro ne don samar da sanarwa da ziyarar zuwa Filadelfia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware da Montgomery. Don ƙarin bayani game da tafiya zuwa Philadelphia da kuma ganin Liberty Bell, kira sabon Cibiyar Bikin Gida na Independence, wanda ke cikin Tarihin Tarihi na Independence National , a (800) 537-7676.