Sunday, February 3, 2013

Of Barns and Bells

Ohio celebrated its 200th anniversary of statehood in 2003, and Emily writes that the logo on this barn was everywhere in the state. Each county, all 88 of them, got a bicentennial barn and bell. This barn is in Hamilton County.

Emily also writes that the bells were cast in each county by the Verdin Company using a mobile foundry. It is the world's only mobile foundry. Now I want to travel to see all 88 bells!

Visiting the 88 counties became quite a popular activity during the bicentennial. One of Emily's co-workers made a project of photographing each of the barns. The barns are pretty, and nostalgic, but I still think the bells more interesting :)
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2 comments:

  1. They used a similar design for a license plate. Ohio cars with this plate always trick me into thinking it's a Washington DC plate...

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  2. I don't know about the bells, but a few of the barns are gone or have been painted over.

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