World Peace Bell (Newport, Kentucky)

[1][2] Its widely-broadcast dedication took place on 31 December, 1999 in the bell's permanent home of Newport, Kentucky (Greater Cincinnati) in the hours preceding its inaugural swing.

In keeping with its secular theme of world peace, the bell features an inscription invoking the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and engravings marking important events from the past thousand years.

[3] On December 11, 1998, the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the bell was cast on the premises of a ship propeller foundry in Nantes, France,[1] under the strict supervision of staff from French bellfounders Fonderie Paccard of Annecy.

It then underwent a month-and-a-half-long sea voyage from France to the U.S. port of New Orleans, Louisiana, where the bell was made part of that city's Fourth of July celebration.

The bell was then transported by barge up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, making stops in 14 cities along the way and arriving at its final destination in northern Kentucky on August 1.