Symbols of the United States and Arkansas – Object #3

Bicentennial Monument, Arkansas State Capitol

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<p>The color photograph shows the seal of Arkansas in the foreground with the Liberty Bell replica in the background. The bell has a wooden yoke and is suspended on black steel supports.</p>

Arkansas’s replica Liberty Bell and the state seal

Questions

List all of the things you see in this photograph.

Why do you think a bell is a symbol for Arkansas and the United States?

Look at the symbols on the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas. What do you see? Why do you think these symbols represent the state?

Citations

Kristin Dutcher Mann, photograph, 2022.