(Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel) Alfred Nobel was interested in social issues and was engaged in the peace movement. His acquaintance with Bertha von Suttner (who was later awarded the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize) influenced his own views on peace.
Liberty Bell Facts. Location: Liberty Bell Center, Market Street & 6th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Map of Historic Philadelphia) Bell Originally Cast: Whitechapel Foundry 1752. Bell recast: Pass & Stow Philadelphia 1753 and again later that year. Bell owned by: The City of Philadelphia (not the Park Service)
Philadelphia City Councils (there were two at the time) bought a new bell to be used for the clocks on the State House. The Liberty Bell would remain on the fourth floor of the brick part of the tower.Sep. 1824. Bell rung for Lafayette's triumphant return to Philadelphia.A letter to the Philadelphia Public Ledger on May 4, 1915 (nearly 100 years after the event) claimed that the Bell cracked on this occasion.hortly after the Boston Tea Party (12/16/1773), the Bell rung the news that the ship Polly was bringing monopoly tea into Philadelphia. At this time the Assembly resolved that Captain Ayres of the Polly would neither be allowed to land nor bring his tea to the custom house.