Moment in Time (originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication May 7, 2014)

Liberty Bell Replica - Councilman Ralph Salzgaber (inset photo), Bicentennial Committee chairman for Grandview Heights, proudly displayed the 270 pound Liberty Bell replica ordered for the Grandview Heights-Marble Cliff Bicentennial celebration. The bell was purchased for $2,400 from the I.T. Verdin Co., bell-makers located in Cincinnati, Ohio. One of 2,400 bells cast by the Company for America's Freedom Train, it was carried aboard a 1916 Mack truck in the Grandview Heights-Marble Cliff Flag Day Parade in June of 1976. The bell, a three-eighths scale replica, was made of 80 percent copper and 20 percent tin with the same metallic properties as the original Liberty Bell. After being displayed in schools and other public buildings throughout the area, the bell now resides at the Village Hall at 1600 Fernwood Avenue in Marble Cliff. (NOTE: The bell was eventually moved to Grandview Heights)