Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1915 — Liberty Bell Attracts Attention at Exposition. [ARTICLE]

Liberty Bell Attracts Attention at Exposition.

The Liberty Bell, America’s chief relic of the war of independnee, was installed last Saturday in the Pennsylvania building at the Panamapacific exposition. Great crowds visited the grounds and witnessed the ceremony of installation. Fortyeight littel girls, representing the various states of the union, placed wreaths on the bell. Governor Hiram Johnson, of California, and Champ Clark, speaker of the house of representatives, were the principal speakers.