Ben Franklin And The Liberty Bell
This is the third of a series of 15 programs celebrating the 15th anniversary of, "The Eternal Light." The program was first heard on The Eternal Light on January 29, 1956. A story about Mr. Franklin during the very hot summer of 1776. Don't miss the singing of the start of, "The Declaration of Independence." After-drama speaker: Sol Sitinsky, Chairman of The American Jewish History Center and Presient of The Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia.
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The Eternal Light was an American radio and television program on the NBC Radio Network, produced in conjunction with the Jewish Theological Seminary, that was broadcast between 1944 and 1989. Featuring interviews, commentary, and award-winning dramas from the perspective of Judaism, it began on radio in 1944 and continued as a weekly radio program through 1989. A 1946 program, for example, dramatized humanitarian Lillian Wald's founding of New York City's Henry Street Settlement in 1895. The May 31, 1959, program featured a tour of the Holy Land narrated by Ralph Bellamy.
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“Ben Franklin And The Liberty Bell.” The Eternal Light. Radio broadcast, March 1, 1959.
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