This sign explains what happened to the bell.



 The bell at Christ Church, where many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence worshiped, was returned just recently.  The church historian was ecstatic!  He plans to ring the bell on July 3rd this year for the first time in 250 years since it was "loaned" out.  It was sitting unused in a nursing home.  It was one of many bells ringing when the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to people across the new nation.



You can see the word Philadelphia on the side of the bell.



The delivery men brought it here and left it. It was so heavy they didn't want to move it any further.