Ever Think You’d Hear the Liberty Bell at Dallas Cowboys Stadium? Here’s a Preview
- Posted on July 27, 2012 at 8:30pm by
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Beck obtained a copy of the original Liberty Bell, made by the same people, for Restoring Love. (Photo: AP)
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Everyone familiar with Glenn Beck knows he has a passion for our nation’s history. From his “Founders’ Fridays” to his partnership with men like David Barton, Beck’s audience undeniably knows more than the average person about the history of our country.
Now, the audience is getting a chance to see the nation’s most memorable artifacts– first-hand.
“This afternoon at Dallas Cowboys Stadium, a few armored cars are going to be arriving with some extraordinarily valuable and rare– priceless, priceless artifacts– as we do a rehearsal later this afternoon, and we have to get these artifacts in…” Beck teased.
“The security for the artifacts [is] much higher than the security for anything else around here,” he continued. “One of the things that was sent Federal Express is the Liberty Bell, the copy of the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia,” Beck said.
Watch as the bell is rung from the field, and hear the echo as it reverberates through Dallas Cowboys Stadium (skip to the end of the clip to just hear the bell).
And let’s just be clear. This isn’t the cracked Liberty Bell that everyone knows, but it is no makeshift imitation.
“This is the sister Liberty Bell,” Beck reiterated, made by the same people who made the original.
“It’s the same bell,” Beck said, and it was shipped to Dallas for the opening of Restoring Love.
“This is…I kind of don’t even know how much this thing costs… one of the priceless artifacts that you’re going to be seeing…there’s about $30 million dollars worth of artifacts– if you could even put a price on some of them– that are going to be here.”
After discussing the irony that today, you can “FedEx” the Liberty Bell, Beck gave a little more information on what’s to come.
But first, here’s another peek at the priceless artifact:
“This is one of the ways that the show is beginning tomorrow, at the end of [a] Star Spangled Banner which I think will rival Whitney Houston’s…this is done by Alex Boye, who has wept every time– he can‘t get it right because he’s crying all the way through it, because he just became a U.S. citizen.”
Alex Boye is the same man who flew half-way around the world to perform at Restoring Courage– without making any arrangements beforehand– and miraculously ended up singing at a place where Beck just happened to be the day before the event.
“All night I was tossing and turning thinking: this guy has got to [end] the event in Jerusalem. I meet him an hour before– there’s no rehearsal, there’s nothing,” Beck explained. “Him and his piano player walk out– they had not rehearsed… And he told me the story [about] how ten years ago, he was trying out for a Broadway play… and he used this song, and he knew he had the gig, and he didn’t get it.”
Beck continued: “He’s walking down the street, and he was praying to God, and he was kind of pissed at Him. He’s like: ‘I know You told me to prepare this song, and I thought I had this gig.’ And he said he was overwhelmed by the Spirit, [saying]: “not for this, this is to be kept ready-to-go because it will be performed at the end of a very special event.’”
That event was Restoring Courage, and now the same man– having just received his U.S. citizenship– is performing at Restoring Love.
“At the end of his song, the Liberty Bell is being rung … and that’s just the first five minutes.”
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Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:23pmObama said the Muslim evening call to prayer was the sweetest sound he knows.
Report Post »To me;
This replica and the sound it represents resonates in my soul and rings with every beat of my heart.
It is uplifting and rejuvenating and fills me with a charge of responsibility for embracing my inherent God given rights.
pharmacognosist
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 8:44amIt brought tears to my eyes also. It was good but nobody will ever beat Whitney Houston,s. Not in my lifetime anyway.
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 2:55pmAwesomeness! I would love to be there, but i have to work.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 12:24pmBeautiful! Thanks Glenn! Freedom is ringing! That sound gives goosebumps to freedom lovers, and makes Progressives tremble in fear.
Report Post »hollyjean380
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:57amSome people study history. Others facilitate the understanding of history. And then there are those that just completely rewrite and extort it for their own personal, finacial gain. And for Glenn Beck, the First Ammendment to the U.S. Co…nstitution makes that all possible. But just so we are clear, Glenn Beck will NOT be ringing the Liberty Bell in Dallas. It is safe and sound here in Philadelphia. He will not even be ringing the “sister” Liberty Bell. Those are also still here in Philadelphia (Germantown and Villanova.) If Glenn Beck’s bell was made at White Chapel then it is not made by the same people as the Liberty Bell. John Pass and John Stow made the Liberty Bell, here in Philadelphia (with metal that came from White Chapel). Maybe it is more appropriate to call this the evil, twisted step sister bell. And that doesn’t make it the same thing!
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 12:25pmClearly… A Demitasse would fit your head like a sombrero. How do you manage to miss the significance of a replica being there? You let hate blind your view of Liberty.
Report Post »Proud Stray Dog
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:22pmHollygene, Holleygene….brain the size of a garbanzo bean.
We have a copy of it here, and I’m on the West Coast. Have a nice day, loser.
Report Post »fishmon
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:11amAmazing. It’s indescribable. It’s-It’s… how to say… No words… tears in my eyes… nose stinging and everything. I was at the rally in DC at the Lincoln Memorial and witnessed the flock of geese flying in formation at eye-level over the reflecting pool toward the stage at start of the program. Not sure about everyone else but I felt the presence of God there watching and I hope smiling. This is powerful. Thank you Glenn and everyone for making this possible
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 12:29pmI agree.. the flock of geese flying in a V formation right down the middle of the pool like it was on cue was heaven sent.
Report Post »saranda
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 1:31pm@oneterm- were they Canada geese? What is that a sign of?
Report Post »fishmon
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 3:32pmI wouldn’t know the difference between a Canada goose or any other kind of goose but is really was as if as if on cue. They weere honking and everything as if to tell us sorry the park service refused to allow a fighter flyover but we are still free to fly wherever we choose. Welcome to our park.
Report Post »whofarted
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:21pmF.Y.I. Canada geese are not named for the Country, but I think the person who discovered them.so blow that out of your ruined sox.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:25amO-M-G !!! That is absolutely amazing!!! I’ve got goosebumps just seeing it here on the site, that is extraordinary, Glenn my hats off to you sir, that is truly the most breathtaking sight to see… Thank you!!!
Report Post »Hausmaus
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:23amI’ve been listening to the Glenn Beck Show since he startedd here in Tampa with 970WFLA. From the beginnng you could hear, and see that his show was on its way to stardom. The main reason for this is because is bull-proof, it tells the truth, and liberals can’t fathom how Glenn is capable of taking the rabbit out of hat without touching the hat. If you ever get the chance to listen to Glenn Beck you will immediately sense somebody with very, very religious convictions, and one of the most truthfull deliveries on talk radio which is very, very rare today. So, Glenn keep it up you have another two or three hundred years of radio left in you. Thanks.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:52amThe Liberty Bell should be put into storage like our rights we’ve allowed to be taken away from us. I’m ashamed of most Americans these days.
Report Post »CommentsOfWeThePeople
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 5:57amSo sad true sounds…oh ye of little faith. God rewards those who diligently seek Him, and not meaning to sound judgmental, Glenn has been called by a higher power…Glenn didn’t do this…Our heavenly father did this to awaken us in these desperate times. What, God call an alcoholic Mormon to bring light to a dark and perverse nation? Paul was an enforcer against Christians, and look what God did with him…think about it…what can God do with you?
Report Post »TrueSoundsOfLiberty
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 3:53am“Glenn does things first class doesn’t he?”. Yeah how much of this will be passed on to the tax payers when this stunt fails miserably?
Report Post »Rent out Cowboy’s stadium and ¼ of the people show as expected. File bankruptcy for your company but keep your wealth and run like hell!
LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 5:41amTRUESOUNDS, that is about as stupid a comment that could be made. Pass on to taxpayers??? Really?? That is so ignorant. Everything is already paid for
Report Post »fishmon
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:22amTruesounds, I truly hope and pray that today is the day that your animosity subsides. I hope today is the day that your eyes and ears and mostly your heart are opened to truth. From my heart to yours. That is all
Report Post »Ivehadenoughtofthisgovenmentcrap
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:44amYou my friend are a sad and lost person. I hope that the Lord uses you in the same way he used Glenn…….
Report Post »MAX0O1
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 10:30pmIS there any way we can ever give back to this man what he has given of Himself. YES,
Report Post »we can serve and give as he as he ask of us. BUT,what of this man AND his family!
I know I pray for them each night. GOD BLESS!
iwillnotbequiet
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 11:47pmMax thank you, I feel the same way and you said it beautifuly. What amazing people it must take to pull all this together. God bless and keep you one and all.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 10:28pmThe sound of FREEDOM for those who hear!!
Report Post »Obamujahadeen
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 8:41pmThat’s pretty awesome and he should send the thing around the country on a tour like they do with the Vietnam Wall replica, that thing comes around our area in Chicago regularly it seems, this could be the same.
Most kids will never see the real one, I have back thanks to me &my sibling’s parents in 1976 seriously for the bicentennial while living in upstate New Jersey, but today I‘m betting most don’t get the chance.
Report Post »mtnvortex
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 9:15pmSad thing is, most probably don’t care either. I live 2 hrs. North of Philly, so I’m down there quite a bit. That part of Philly is really cool.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 11:32pmWhat’s really sad is that many do not know what the Liberty Bell is.
>Glenn you are a National treasure !
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