2. The Famous Crack is the Fruit of Repair Attempts The prominent fissure on the Liberty Bell is not a single, catastrophic crack but rather the result of multiple repair attempts. The original ...

Afterward, the name caught on. According to one story, the Liberty Bell first cracked back in 1824 when Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving Revolutionary War general, paid it a visit.

Julie Plata There is not a more famous crack than the one that spreads down the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. The original bell cracked upon its first test ring in 1751.

In the Hall’s bell tower that day rang what is now known as ‘The Liberty Bell’ with a single iconic crack. 248 years and 3 days later 6 U.S. Supreme Court Justices put a second and much ...

I still remember the line about how he “patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell.” I didn’t know it had a crack but found that factoid interesting at the time.

He hit the bell four times while shouting "God lives!" [9] The reason he gave was to declare his independence from the United States of America and not to attempt to deface or destroy the bell.