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'''''Liberty Bell''''' refers to one of two replicas in [[Portland, Oregon]], United States, of the original [[Liberty Bell]] in [[Philadelphia]]. The first replica was purchased in 1962, and installed in the rotunda of [[Portland City Hall (Oregon)|City Hall]] in 1964. On November 21, 1970, it was destroyed in a bomb blast that also damaged the building's east portico. The second replica was installed outside of City Hall soon after the blast (c. 1972) with funds from private donations. It was constructed at the McShane Bell Foundry in Baltimore and dedicated on November 6, 1975. The bell is listed as a state veterans memorial by the [[Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs]].
'''''Liberty Bell''''' refers to one of two replicas in [[Portland, Oregon]], United States, of the original [[Liberty Bell]] in [[Philadelphia]]. The first replica was purchased in 1962, and installed in the rotunda of [[Portland City Hall (Oregon)|City Hall]] in 1964. On November 21, 1970, it was destroyed in a bomb blast that also damaged the building's east portico. The second replica was installed outside of City Hall soon after the blast (c. 1972) with funds from private donations. It was dedicated on November 6, 1975. The bell is listed as a state veterans memorial by the [[Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs]].


==History==
==Description==
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The {{Convert|1|shton|kg LT}} bell is made of Best Genuine Bell Metal, a sixteen percent min-copper alloy, and measures approximately {{Convert|66|x|64|x|66|in|m}}.<ref name="Arrives" /><ref name="SI" /> It is attached to a horizontal beam that is supported by two V-shaped beams. The base is made of brick, metal (steel) and wood (mahogany covering) that measures approximately {{Convert|13|x|76|x|54.5|in|m}}.<ref name="Arrives" /><ref name="SI" />
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Portland has had two replicas of [[Philadelphia]]'s original [[Liberty Bell]].<ref name=Streckert>{{cite news|last1=Streckert|first1=Joe|title=Kablooie! A Guide to Oregon's Greatest Explosions|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/kablooie/Content?oid=5175727|accessdate=March 22, 2015|work=[[The Portland Mercury]]|publisher=Index Publishing|date=December 1, 2011}}</ref> The first replica was purchased in 1962 for $8,000.<ref name=ERG>{{cite news|title=Bell cost $8,000|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19701124&id=M-dVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3882,5896192&hl=en|accessdate=March 22, 2015|work=[[Eugene Register-Guard]]|date=November 24, 1970}}</ref> It arrived in Portland in June 1963, with a damaged base and beam since the sculpture had slipped off its supports. Repairs were made before the replica was paraded through the city on a flatbed truck, then put into storage until [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]].<ref name=Arrives>{{cite news|title=Liberty Bell Replica Arrives in Portland|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19630628&id=QRdZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FOMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2139,5529340&hl=en|accessdate=March 22, 2015|work=Eugene Register-Guard|date=June 28, 1963}}</ref> The bell was publicly rung for the first time during holiday celebrations and installed in [[Portland City Hall (Oregon)|City Hall]]'s rotunda on May 5, 1964.<ref name=ERG/><ref name=SI>{{cite web|title=Liberty Bell, (sculpture).|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!321211~!0#focus|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|accessdate=March 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Ripped>{{cite news|title=Oregon City Hall Ripped by Blast|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/11/22/page/3/article/oregon-city-hall-ripped-by-blast/index.html|accessdate=March 22, 2015|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=November 22, 1970|publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]}}</ref>


The west side displays the inscription {{small|Pass and Stow / Philada / MDCCLIII}}. Raised lettering along the top of the bell reads {{small|PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF LEV. XX VVX. / BY ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE STATE HOUSE IN PHILADA}}. The founder's mark also appears. The [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s "[[Save Outdoor Sculpture!]]" program categorizes the sculpture as [[Allegorical sculpture|allegorical]] for symbolizing [[liberty]].<ref name="SI" />
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On November 21, 1970, a dynamite bomb that had been placed beneath the bell detonated, damaging City Hall's east portico columns, shattering windows, and destroying the replica.<ref name=Ripped/><ref name=Mapes>{{cite news|last=Mapes|first=Jeff|title=The Photo Vault: Portland City Council recovers from bombing of City Hall|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2012/06/the_photo_vault_portland_city.html|accessdate=March 22, 2015|work=[[The Oregonian]]|date=June 25, 2012}}</ref> No one was injured, but "shards of bell went everywhere through the main portico".<ref name=Streckert/> The crime remains unsolved; no one claimed responsibility or was prosecuted for the blast.<ref name=Mapes/><ref name=Jacklet>{{cite news|last1=Jacklet|first1=Ben|title=The Secret Watchers|url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=117580|accessdate=March 22, 2015|work=[[Portland Tribune]]|publisher=[[Pamplin Media Group]]|date=September 12, 2002}}</ref> In 1993, ''[[The Oregonian]]'' said: "Wild, highly vocal speculation blamed the blast on either left-wing or right-wing terrorists, depending, of course, on the accusers' own political persuasions. Others guessed it was a monumental prank that careened out of control."<ref name=Mapes/>


==History==
[[File:City Hall, Portland, Oregon (2012) - 07.JPG|thumb|left|upright|The bell in September 2012]]
[[File:City Hall, Portland, Oregon (2012) - 02.JPG|thumb|The bell outside [[Portland City Hall (Oregon)|Portland City Hall]]'s east portico, 2012]]


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Portland has had two replicas of [[Philadelphia]]'s original [[Liberty Bell]].<ref name=Streckert>{{cite news|last1=Streckert|first1=Joe|title=Kablooie! A Guide to Oregon's Greatest Explosions|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/kablooie/Content?oid=5175727|access-date=March 22, 2015|work=[[The Portland Mercury]]|publisher=Index Publishing|date=December 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121905/http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/kablooie/Content?oid=5175727|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The first replica was purchased in 1962 for $8,000.<ref name=ERG>{{cite news|title=Bell cost $8,000|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19701124&id=M-dVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3882,5896192&hl=en|access-date=March 22, 2015|work=[[Eugene Register-Guard]]|date=November 24, 1970|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160612225118/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19701124&id=M-dVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3882,5896192&hl=en|archive-date=June 12, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It was constructed at the McShane Bell Foundry in [[Baltimore]] and received a 25-year guarantee against breakage.<ref name=ERG/><ref name=SI/> The bell arrived in Portland in June 1963, with a damaged base and beam since the sculpture had slipped off its supports. Repairs were made before the replica was paraded through the city on a flatbed truck, then put into storage until [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]],<ref name=Arrives>{{cite news|title=Liberty Bell Replica Arrives in Portland|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19630628&id=QRdZAAAAIBAJ&pg=2139,5529340&hl=en|access-date=March 22, 2015|work=Eugene Register-Guard|date=June 28, 1963|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402202409/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19630628&id=QRdZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FOMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2139,5529340&hl=en|archive-date=April 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> when the bell was presented to the city.<ref name="City">{{cite web |title=Self Guided Walking Tour Portland City Hall |url=https://www.portlandoregon.gov/civic/article/549436 |publisher=City of Portland, Oregon |access-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110014250/https://www.portlandoregon.gov/civic/article/549436 |archive-date=January 10, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was publicly rung for the first time during holiday celebrations and installed in [[Portland City Hall (Oregon)|City Hall]]'s rotunda on May 5, 1964.<ref name=ERG/><ref name=SI>{{cite web|title=Liberty Bell, (sculpture).|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!321211~!0#focus|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=March 22, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150407101459/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!321211~!0%23focus#focus|archive-date=April 7, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Ripped>{{cite news|title=Oregon City Hall Ripped by Blast|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/11/22/page/3/article/oregon-city-hall-ripped-by-blast/index.html|access-date=March 22, 2015|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=November 22, 1970|publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051858/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/11/22/page/3/article/oregon-city-hall-ripped-by-blast/index.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Portland's second replica is located outside of City Hall's east portico, near the intersection of Southwest Fourth and Madison streets and across from [[Terry Schrunk Plaza]].<ref name=Streckert/><ref name=SI/> Private donations totaling $8,000 allowed a new bell to be purchased for $6,000 and installed not long after the blast (c. 1972).<ref name=SI/><ref name=Cordell>{{cite journal|last1=Cordell|first1=Kasey|title=PDXOXO: Happy 150th, Oregon! Here's a little Valentimeline from the heart of the state.|journal=[[Portland Monthly]]|publisher=Sagacity Media|date=May 19, 2009|url=http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/news-and-profiles/history/articles/mudtimeline-0209|accessdate=March 22, 2015}}</ref> The bell has also been attributed as a gift from Philadelphia residents to Portland school children.<ref name=Cook>{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Sybilla Avery|title=Walking Portland, Oregon|date=April 2, 2013|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|page=25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wvPWSWqzCT0C&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=March 22, 2015}} Note: "Walk 2: Civic Center / Urban Renewal".</ref> It was constructed at the McShane Bell Foundry in [[Baltimore]] and received a 25-year guarantee against breakage.<ref name=ERG/><ref name=SI/> The replica was dedicated on November 6, 1975. It was surveyed and considered "treatment needed" by the [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s "[[Save Outdoor Sculpture!]]" program in October 1993.<ref name=SI/> The [[Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs]] lists the bell as one of the state's veterans memorials.<ref>{{cite web|title=Veterans Memorials in Oregon|url=http://www.oregon.gov/odva/Pages/veteranmemorials.aspx|publisher=[[Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs]]|accessdate=March 22, 2015}}</ref>


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On November 21, 1970, a dynamite bomb that had been placed beneath the bell detonated, damaging City Hall's east portico columns, shattering windows, and destroying the replica.<ref name=Ripped/><ref name=Mapes>{{cite news|last=Mapes|first=Jeff|title=The Photo Vault: Portland City Council recovers from bombing of City Hall|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2012/06/the_photo_vault_portland_city.html|access-date=March 22, 2015|work=[[The Oregonian]]|date=June 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141539/http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2012/06/the_photo_vault_portland_city.html|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> No one was injured, but "shards of bell went everywhere through the main portico".<ref name=Streckert/> The crime remains unsolved; no one claimed responsibility or was prosecuted for the blast.<ref name=Mapes/><ref name=Jacklet>{{cite news|last1=Jacklet|first1=Ben|title=The Secret Watchers|url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=117580|access-date=March 22, 2015|work=[[Portland Tribune]]|publisher=[[Pamplin Media Group]]|date=September 12, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071305/http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=117580|archive-date=June 24, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1993, ''[[The Oregonian]]'' said: "Wild, highly vocal speculation blamed the blast on either left-wing or right-wing terrorists, depending, of course, on the accusers' own political persuasions. Others guessed it was a monumental prank that careened out of control."<ref name=Mapes/>
==Description and reception==
[[File:City Hall, Portland, Oregon (2012) - 02.JPG|thumb|right|upright|The bell outside [[Portland City Hall (Oregon)|Portland City Hall]]'s east portico, 2012]]


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Portland's second replica is located outside of City Hall's east portico, near the intersection of Southwest Fourth and Madison streets and across from [[Terry Schrunk Plaza]].<ref name=Streckert/><ref name=SI/> Private donations totaling $8,000 allowed a new bell to be purchased for $6,000 and installed not long after the blast (c. 1972).<ref name=SI/><ref name=Cordell>{{cite journal|last1=Cordell|first1=Kasey|title=PDXOXO: Happy 150th, Oregon! Here's a little Valentimeline from the heart of the state.|journal=[[Portland Monthly]]|publisher=Sagacity Media|date=May 19, 2009|url=http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/news-and-profiles/history/articles/mudtimeline-0209|access-date=March 22, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150407101346/http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/news-and-profiles/history/articles/mudtimeline-0209|archive-date=April 7, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The bell has also been attributed as a gift from Philadelphia residents to Portland school children.<ref name=Cook>{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Sybilla Avery|title=Walking Portland, Oregon|date=April 2, 2013|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|page=25|isbn=9780762794119|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wvPWSWqzCT0C&pg=PA25|access-date=March 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418033733/https://books.google.com/books?id=wvPWSWqzCT0C&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25|archive-date=April 18, 2016|url-status=live}} Note: "Walk 2: Civic Center / Urban Renewal".</ref> It was dedicated on November 6, 1975. The replica was surveyed and considered "treatment needed" by the "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in October 1993.<ref name=SI/> The [[Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs]] lists the bell as one of the state's veterans memorials.<ref>{{cite web|title=Veterans Memorials in Oregon|url=http://www.oregon.gov/odva/Pages/veteranmemorials.aspx|publisher=[[Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs]]|access-date=March 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607231627/http://www.oregon.gov/odva/Pages/veteranmemorials.aspx|archive-date=June 7, 2015}}</ref> It has been included in published walking tours of Portland.<ref name="Cook" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Sybilla Avery|title=Walking Portland|date=1998|publisher=Globe Pequot|pages=49, 106|isbn=9781560446040|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oh_dA76n37gC&pg=PA49|access-date=March 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417082155/https://books.google.com/books?id=oh_dA76n37gC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq|archive-date=April 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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The {{Convert|1|shton|kg}} sculpture is made of Best Genuine Bell Metal, a sixteen percent min-copper alloy, and measures approximately {{Convert|66|x|64|x|66|in|m}}.<ref name=Arrives/><ref name=SI/> It is attached to a horizontal beam that is supported by two V-shaped beams. The base is made of brick, metal (steel) and wood (mahogany covering) that measures approximately {{Convert|13|x|76|x|54.5|in|m}}.<ref name=Arrives/><ref name=SI/> The west side displays the inscription {{small|Pass and Stow / Philada / MDCCLIII}}. Raised lettering along the top of the bell reads {{small|PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF LEV. XX VVX. / BY ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE STATE HOUSE IN PHILADA}}. The founder's mark also appears. Smithsonian categorizes the sculpture as [[Allegorical sculpture|allegorical]] for symbolizing [[liberty]].<ref name=SI/>

The bell has been included in published walking tours of Portland.<ref name=Cook/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Sybilla Avery|title=Walking Portland|date=1998|publisher=Globe Pequot|pages=49, 106|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oh_dA76n37gC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=March 22, 2015}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[1963 in art]]
* [[1963 in art]]
* [[1972 in art]]
* [[1972 in art]]
* [[Liberty Bell (Oregon State Capitol)|''Liberty Bell'' (Oregon State Capitol)]], Salem
* ''[[Bell Circles II]]'' (1990)
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3PAF_City_of_Portlands_Liberty_Bell_Replica City of Portland's Liberty Bell Replica], Waymarking
* [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3PAF_City_of_Portlands_Liberty_Bell_Replica City of Portland's Liberty Bell Replica], Waymarking
* [http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2009/10/20/wikipedia-derived-fact-of-the-day Wikipedia-Derived Fact of the Day] by [[Sarah Mirk]] (October 20, 2009), ''The Portland Mercury''
* [http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2009/10/20/wikipedia-derived-fact-of-the-day Wikipedia-Derived Fact of the Day] by [[Sarah Mirk]] (October 20, 2009), ''The Portland Mercury''

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Liberty Bell
Portland's second Liberty Bell replica, located outside of City Hall's east portico, in 2012
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Year
  • First replica: June 1963
  • Second replica: c. 1972
TypeSculpture
Medium
  • Sculpture: Best Genuine Bell Metal, 16% min-copper alloy
  • Base: brick, metal (steel), wood (mahogany)
SubjectLiberty Bell
Dimensions1.7 m × 1.6 m × 1.7 m (66 in × 64 in × 66 in)
Weight1 tonne (1,000 kg)
Condition"Treatment needed" (1993)
LocationPortland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates45°30′54″N 122°40′43″W / 45.51508°N 122.67869°W / 45.51508; -122.67869

Liberty Bell refers to one of two replicas in Portland, Oregon, United States, of the original Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. The first replica was purchased in 1962, and installed in the rotunda of City Hall in 1964. On November 21, 1970, it was destroyed in a bomb blast that also damaged the building's east portico. The second replica was installed outside of City Hall soon after the blast (c. 1972) with funds from private donations. It was dedicated on November 6, 1975. The bell is listed as a state veterans memorial by the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Description

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The 1 ton (910 kg; 0.89 long tons) bell is made of Best Genuine Bell Metal, a sixteen percent min-copper alloy, and measures approximately 66 by 64 by 66 inches (1.7 m × 1.6 m × 1.7 m).[1][2] It is attached to a horizontal beam that is supported by two V-shaped beams. The base is made of brick, metal (steel) and wood (mahogany covering) that measures approximately 13 by 76 by 54.5 inches (0.33 m × 1.93 m × 1.38 m).[1][2]

The west side displays the inscription Pass and Stow / Philada / MDCCLIII. Raised lettering along the top of the bell reads PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF LEV. XX VVX. / BY ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE STATE HOUSE IN PHILADA. The founder's mark also appears. The Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program categorizes the sculpture as allegorical for symbolizing liberty.[2]

History

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The bell outside Portland City Hall's east portico, 2012

Portland has had two replicas of Philadelphia's original Liberty Bell.[3] The first replica was purchased in 1962 for $8,000.[4] It was constructed at the McShane Bell Foundry in Baltimore and received a 25-year guarantee against breakage.[4][2] The bell arrived in Portland in June 1963, with a damaged base and beam since the sculpture had slipped off its supports. Repairs were made before the replica was paraded through the city on a flatbed truck, then put into storage until Independence Day,[1] when the bell was presented to the city.[5] It was publicly rung for the first time during holiday celebrations and installed in City Hall's rotunda on May 5, 1964.[4][2][6]

On November 21, 1970, a dynamite bomb that had been placed beneath the bell detonated, damaging City Hall's east portico columns, shattering windows, and destroying the replica.[6][7] No one was injured, but "shards of bell went everywhere through the main portico".[3] The crime remains unsolved; no one claimed responsibility or was prosecuted for the blast.[7][8] In 1993, The Oregonian said: "Wild, highly vocal speculation blamed the blast on either left-wing or right-wing terrorists, depending, of course, on the accusers' own political persuasions. Others guessed it was a monumental prank that careened out of control."[7]

Portland's second replica is located outside of City Hall's east portico, near the intersection of Southwest Fourth and Madison streets and across from Terry Schrunk Plaza.[3][2] Private donations totaling $8,000 allowed a new bell to be purchased for $6,000 and installed not long after the blast (c. 1972).[2][9] The bell has also been attributed as a gift from Philadelphia residents to Portland school children.[10] It was dedicated on November 6, 1975. The replica was surveyed and considered "treatment needed" by the "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in October 1993.[2] The Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs lists the bell as one of the state's veterans memorials.[11] It has been included in published walking tours of Portland.[10][12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Liberty Bell Replica Arrives in Portland". Eugene Register-Guard. June 28, 1963. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Liberty Bell, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Streckert, Joe (December 1, 2011). "Kablooie! A Guide to Oregon's Greatest Explosions". The Portland Mercury. Index Publishing. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Bell cost $8,000". Eugene Register-Guard. November 24, 1970. Archived from the original on June 12, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  5. ^ "Self Guided Walking Tour Portland City Hall". City of Portland, Oregon. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Oregon City Hall Ripped by Blast". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. November 22, 1970. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  7. ^ a b c Mapes, Jeff (June 25, 2012). "The Photo Vault: Portland City Council recovers from bombing of City Hall". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  8. ^ Jacklet, Ben (September 12, 2002). "The Secret Watchers". Portland Tribune. Pamplin Media Group. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
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image icon 1970 Liberty Bell bombing – City Hall exterior, City of Portland, Oregon
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