World Peace Bell - Newport, KY, USA
N 39° 05.531 W 084° 29.744
16S E 716581 N 4329991
The World Peace Bell is the largest free-swinging bell in the world. It was installed in 1999 originally crafted to be rung on the International Day of Peace, in 2000 and is now a monument in Newport.
Waymark Code: WM4Y5D
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2008
Views: 77
The World Peace Bell is part of the World Peace Bell Center in Newport, KY. The bell was cast by the Verdin team in Nantes France, at Fonderie de l'Atlantique on December 11, 1998 and was installed on December 31, 1999. The bell rings everyday at noon. It weighs 66,000 lbs. and measures 12 ft. by 12 ft. Verdin Company in Newport Kentucky operates the World Peace Center.
Text on Monument/Memorial Sign or Plaque: Peace
Peace starts at home.
Peace starts at our schools.
Peace starts on our city streets.
If we have peace in our homes,
and in our schools,
And on our streets
the our governments
And our nations will follow
And we will have world peace.
To sustain this peace,
We must continue to write about it.
We will need to read about it,
We will have to talk about it
to our family, and friends, and neighbors.
And when our Peace Bell Rings,
the world will listen.
-Wayne E. Carmichael, Chairman
The Millenium Monument
World Peace Bell
Also at site:
World Peace - Our Dream
Inner Peace - Our Search
Neither is Acheived
nor valued
without eachother.
- w.p. butler
Website about the Peace Monument/Memorial: [Web Link]
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