Object: A large bell cut out of paper with one side showing a crack, representative of the Liberty Bell. It would be good if there were enough small bells to pass around.

Good morning to all of you boys and girls who are free! That should mean all of you. To be free is not something that comes easily. I hope you know that. Every once in a while there is something that happens that really helps us to understand our freedom. I have something in my hand that I am sure all of you have seen before. What do we call something that looks like this? [Hold up bell, but hide the crack.] A bell. Now this is a very special bell, made in Philadelphia over 200 years ago. Does anyone k…