store locator online catalog privacy policy shipping returns site map careers contact us help
Pennsylvania is Misspelled on the Liberty Bell. Share this: Because no clearly accepted spelling of the colonyâs name existed at the time the Liberty Bell was cast, the stateâs name on the bell is misspelled-Pensylvania. Found in: Trivia.
The second inscription that is on the Liberty Bell are the words âBy order of the Assembly of the Province of Pensylvania for the State House in Philada.â Yes this is the exact spelling that is used on the Liberty Bell and no it is not a typo. Liberty Bell History. On July 8, 1776 there was a âchime that changed the worldâ that rang from the bell tower of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA. That chime was to invite the people of Philadelphia to hear the reading of the Declaration of Independence.