The Illinois Freedom Bell is located in Mount Morris Illinois United States and is the official freedom bell of the U.S. state of Illinois. The bell was created for a church in Lake Geneva Wisconsin as a replica of the Liberty Bell in 1862. In 1910 while it was being moved across the frozen Geneva Lake following a fire at the church the ice cracked and the bell sank to the bottom of the lake. It was salvaged in 1960 and the village of Mount Morris acquired it in 1966.
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Mount Morris Illinois
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284.074
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Bronze
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Illinois
synonym
Illinois State Freedom Bell, State of Illinois Freedom Bell
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