LONDON — Big Ben's iconic bell sounded the hour for the last time Monday before it went silent for nearly four years of repair work. After 12 deep bongs at noon (7 a.m. ET), the bell began its longest ...
On Nov. 11, people from all walks of life will come to Williamsburg to celebrate an event hundreds of years in the making. It is a story of silence — of an emancipation bell that lay dormant for ...