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Bell Rung 155 Times, Hailing Emancipation

JUNETEENTH MARKS SLAVERY’S END Bell Rung 155 Times, Hailing Emancipation Tom Heitz, former Sessions member at First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown, rings the bell 155 times, beginning at noon today, to mark the end of slavery in 1865. Rev. LaDana Clark and Jim Leslie stand sentinel.  Heitz and Leslie each rang the bell 50 times, with Clark ringing the final 55.  Inset, A “Freedom” display stands in front of the Historic Marker noting that the church, in 1827, was the site…

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