WASHINGTON — A large bronze bell that was rung to call students to class at the original Washington Community High School has returned home. Cast in 1891 by a St. Louis company and moved several times ...
Seventy years ago, after class at St. Peter School in rural Volo, Therese Tonyan would break into a trot when she heard the familiar church bell chime. "I would be walking home and all of a sudden it ...
San Pedro’s Korean Friendship Bell took center stage on July 4, 1976, when throngs of people from throughout Los Angeles made the pilgrimage to see the distinctive belfry that day on the serene ...
After 177 years, a stolen bell is returning to the First Presbyterian Church in Iowa City. Reverend Michael Hummer, the church's co-founder, stole the bell in 1848 after being expelled for his ...
A very brief, simple ceremony recently marked the dedication Meadville First Baptist Church’s historic Revere Bell. “It’s been a long journey,” Paul Oppenlander, a trustee of the church and project ...
Experts from South Korea have arrived, the scaffolding is up and it’s all wrapped in a big green tarp. San Pedro’s iconic Korean Friendship Bell is about to undergo its final and most extensive phase ...
GLOUCESTER CITY - A half-ton cast bronze bell, wrapped under a blue tarp and mounted in front of the Gloucester City Municipal Building this week, doesn't have any famous imperfections. City school ...
The mounting for the Great Bell, cast in 1702, was damaged, possibly by large stones being thrown at it. Get unlimited access ...
The International Friendship Bell, an Oak Ridge landmark and key attraction for the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, is currently sitting silent on wooden blocks in a city park. But work is ...
During the Paris Olympic Games, track and field champions rang the bronze bell located close to the finish line at Saint-Denis' Stade de France. In December, that same bell will ring in the newly ...
More than 37 years after the Korean Friendship Bell arrived on American soil, officials from Los Angeles and South Korea came together Friday to rededicate the gift and celebrate its restoration.