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outside the United States. The bell is 81 centimetres (32 in) in height and 89 centimetres (35 in) in diameter with a clapper underneath. Maria Revere presented the bell to the first
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On 6 February 1889, the Revere Bell was replaced by a new peal of bells presented by the family of
Captain J. S. H. Fraser. The bell was put into storage until 1911, when it was installed in
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Embassy. The bell, now in the museum's
Singapore History Gallery, has been called a symbol of the friendship between the peoples of Singapore and the United States.
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