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TIL - The Lost Columbian Exposition Bell was smelted down by the Bolsheviks to make weapons.(belladvocate.wordpress.com)

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iFarted 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun 2 months ago

he who smelt it delt it 💨

ID10T 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun 2 months ago

Nice 😂

Zapped[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 2 months ago

The bell was made from a variety of unique gifts, including:

The keys of Jefferson Davis' house

Pike heads used by John Brown at Harper's Ferry

John C. Calhoun's silver spoon

Lucretia Mott's silver fruit knife

Simon Bolivar's watch chain

Hinges from the door of Abraham Lincoln's house at Springfield

George Washington's surveying chain

Thomas Jefferson's copper kettle

Mrs. Parnell's earrings

Whittier's pen