tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post1305081452065429503..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: A Chance to Be on TV (kind of)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-11041640973725368332011-12-13T13:28:48.924-05:002011-12-13T13:28:48.924-05:00Guilty as charged -- sorry about that!Guilty as charged -- sorry about that!Peter Ansoffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-49375179840238455202011-12-09T20:54:08.408-05:002011-12-09T20:54:08.408-05:00That story also shows up in Gary B. Nash’s Liberty...That story also shows up in Gary B. Nash’s <i>Liberty Bell</i> book. Back in 1976, I think, more Americans had a sense of humor about American icons. But only in England would we find a firm that’s still in business from the 1750s <i>and</i> can respond to a tongue-in-cheek protest with an even cheekier answer. <br /><br />(I believe this comment was intended for one of the recent <a href="http://boston1775.blogspot.com/search/label/Liberty%20Bell" rel="nofollow">Liberty Bell postings</a>, but I can’t transfer it.)J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-36782326264997797812011-12-09T09:33:38.843-05:002011-12-09T09:33:38.843-05:00The Procrastinators' Society of America staged...The Procrastinators' Society of America staged a tounge-in-cheek demonstration at the Whitechapel Foundry, where the Liberty Bell was originally cast, in 1976. They demanded that the foundry honor their warranty on the defective bell. The Foundry agreed to replace the bell, but only if it was returned in the original packaging.<br /><br />I heard this story many years ago and assumed that it was an urban legend, but it's reported as fact on the Foundry's own web site: <br />http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/liberty.htmPeter Ansoffnoreply@blogger.com