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the Liberty Bell today is located across the street from the Liberty Bell Center.
This is incorrect: the Liberty Bell is housed inside the Liberty Bell Center, not across the street from it.
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The National Park Service says the bell was moved in 2003 to the Liberty Bell Center, where it currently resides. It also explains that the bell is displayed across the street from its original home, Independence Hall. In other words, the post appears to have mixed up the landmark the bell is across from: it is across from Independence Hall, not across from the Liberty Bell Center that contains it.
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- Displaying the Liberty Bell (U.S. National Park Service)
The Liberty Bell was moved yet again, on October 9, 2003, to the Liberty Bell Center—where it currently resides. ... The Bell Chamber showcases the Liberty Bell directly across the street from its original home, Independence Hall.
- Visiting the Liberty Bell Center - Independence National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
During your visit, be sure to talk to our knowledgeable park rangers to hear the story of the Liberty Bell. The building also offers self-guided exhibits about this now famous symbol of liberty.
(signing pictured)
This is misleading: John Trumbull's famous painting does not show the signing of the Declaration. It depicts the draft being presented to Congress on June 28, 1776.
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The parenthetical says the signing is what's shown in the image, but the standard John Trumbull painting used here is not a depiction of the signing ceremony.
Authoritative U.S. government sources identify the scene as the presentation of the first draft of the Declaration to the Second Continental Congress on June 28, 1776. The Architect of the Capitol says the painting "depicts the moment on June 28, 1776, when the first draft of the Declaration of Independence was presented to the Second Continental Congress," and notes separately that the Declaration was adopted on July 4 and that most delegates signed it on August 2. The U.S. House's History, Art & Archives office likewise says the painting "depicted the first draft of the Declaration of Independence presented on June 28, 1776."
So the image is commonly associated with the Declaration, but describing it as "signing pictured" is factually incorrect.
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- Declaration of Independence | Architect of the Capitol
This painting depicts the moment on June 28, 1776, when the first draft of the Declaration of Independence was presented to the Second Continental Congress. ... Less than a week later, on July 4, 1776, the Declaration was officially adopted; most delegates signed it on August 2, 1776.
- Signers of the Declaration of Independence | U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives
One of four Jonathan Trumbull paintings in the Capitol, the painting depicted the first draft of the Declaration of Independence presented on June 28, 1776.