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The John Brown Bell, in Marlborough, Massachusetts, is a distinguished American Civil War-era bell that is often known as the "second-most important bell in American history", after the Liberty Bell.〔(For whom should John Brown's bell toll )〕 ==History== At one time the bell was kept in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, but since 1892 the John Brown Bell has been in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and is currently located in a special tower built for the bell on Union Common in downtown Marlborough.〔(John Brown Bell )〕 In 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the Harpers Ferry armory, the second armory built in the U.S. The raid ended when Marines under the command of Lt. Col. Robert E. Lee stormed the building. Brown and 10 of his men were later hanged for murder and treason. Two years later, with the Civil War beginning, a Marlborough unit in the Union Army took the bell from the Harpers Ferry Armory after being ordered to seize anything of value to the U.S. government to prevent it from falling into the hands of Lee's Confederate army. Knowing their hook and ladder company in Marlborough needed a bell, the soldiers removed the 700 to 800-pound device and got permission from the War Department to keep it.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Brown Bell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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