World Peace Bell - Newport, KY, USA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member BluegrassCache
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
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
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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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