so before direct deposits (when the boss handed us our checks from a safe every other Friday), I would walk past that whole area to go deposit my check.
It has changed a lot even since the Bicentennial, when the Liberty Bell was in its own plexiglass pavillion because there were too many tourists trying to see it in Independence Hall and it was just too constricting and the constant handling/touching was taking its toll on it.
JFK when it was in Independence Hall
Moved into this at midnight January 1st, 1976 (during a sleet storm and it got another small crack and had to be repaired 
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When they opened the new "Liberty Bell Center", GSA tried to sell the old pavilion and it took forever to find a buyer (because the contract required that they dismantle it too). They did find one and here is when it was taken apart -
Now the Liberty Bell sits in its own place behind the President's House -
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