(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)
Since she was first erected in 1886, Lady Liberty has been entered by millions of strangers for the price of a cheap harlot. The city of Babylon in the United States is located only minutes from the Statue of Liberty on Long Island and was named after the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon. The great gate of Isis (Ishtar), which long ago served as the main entrance to the ancient city of Babylon, was flanked by twin towers.