Almost the Liberty Bell

The boys and I went on a field trip today to the Liberty Bell Memorial Museum where there is an authentic full-sized replica of the Liberty Bell- sans crack. Sorry, no photos, as the camera cord is still in hiding and I've yet to buy another. The museum is located in an old water tank, which is pretty neat in itself. There were some neat military artifacts throughout the museum, but my favorite was the journal of a chaplain from WWII. I didn't know but it was illegal for those deployed to keep journals in case they were intercepted with important information. We weren't able to touch the original journal but it had been typed out and placed in a notebook that was on display and available to read. His entry for their arrival at Omaha Beach was chilling.
The boys enjoyed all of the military uniforms and especially getting to lift a very heavy flint-lock gun that was a copy of those used in the Civil War. Of course, the highlight was being able to ring the bell with a rubber mallet -we have all been officially inducted into the "Ding-Dong" club. And here I thought we'd been members all along.