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is an international, commemorative bell that ceremonially opened the twenty-first century at 1 January 2000 (00:00:00 EST) with its first swing. It is a secular bell not associated with any single group, but all mankind collectively. As such, its founding was a collaborative, international civic
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The bell tower and the bell and most of the other components of the
Millennium Monument, were produced at companies local to the Newport, Kentucky, area. The World Peace Bell Center is located at 425 York Street,
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Though it is the largest bell dedicated to peace internationally, it is not a part of the
Japanese peace bell program, which has installed over twenty Eastern-style temple bells across the globe.
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bell. The Peace Bell weighs 30,000 kg (66,000 lb) and boasts a width of 3.7 m (12 feet) wide. Until 2006, it was the largest, functional swinging bell ever successfully produced.
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For the first time in the U.S., the bell was rung by swinging on
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featuring this bell as its largest. At first the bell was called "The
Millennium Bell." Later the plans were reduced to a smaller tower for the bell with an accompanying museum.
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Festival, held along the
Cincinnati-Covington-Newport section of the Ohio River. This event was named the nation's "Top Tourism Event" by the American Bus Association in 1999.
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The World Peace Bell was first rung in Nantes on March 20, 1999, in a public ceremony. It then underwent a month-and-a-half-long sea voyage from France to the U.S. port of
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managed the project on the U.S. side on behalf of the
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Its widely-broadcast dedication took place on 31 December, 1999 in the bell's permanent home of
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The striker is of cast iron and was produced at Cast-Fab
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716:Russian Orthodox bell ringing
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830:Liberty Bell
825:Justice Bell
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649:Servant bell
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969:Miles Graye
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840:Mingun Bell
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625:Jingle bell
591:Crotal bell
581:Church bell
497:Strike tone
477:Campanology
462:Bell shrine
457:Bell-ringer
420:terminology
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354:39°5.5362′N
203:Tall Stacks
199:Ohio Rivers
195:Mississippi
1163:Categories
1076:Hugh Watts
869:Swan Bells
528:Altar bell
442:Bell-gable
304:2006-09-27
279:2006-09-27
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999:Marinelli
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917:Bergholtz
882:Tsar Bell
810:Great Tom
721:Blagovest
639:Mini-ring
596:Dead bell
571:Call bell
550:Bianzhong
543:Bell tree
507:Zvonnitsa
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892:Kentucky
877:(Boston)
692:Carillon
688:Chiming
620:Handbell
601:Doorbell
576:Cat bell
538:Babendil
533:Aluphone
432:Bell-cot
227:See also
162:carillon
76:Kentucky
28:Weight:
1100:Related
1044:Rudhall
1029:Paccard
1009:Meneely
1004:McShane
994:Juutila
795:Big Ben
704:Canpanò
586:Cowbell
472:Bourdon
148:History
72:Newport
1081:Warner
1071:Taylor
939:Cockey
615:Ghanta
608:Dōtaku
564:Bonshō
467:Belfry
342:French
184:Annecy
176:Nantes
125:France
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516:Types
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239:Notes
139:swing
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632:Kane
487:Peal
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