Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wani babban ɓangare na hoton zamani na kararrawa a matsayin abin tunawa na shelar 'yancin kai na Amurka ya ƙirƙira shi ne daga marubucin George Lippard. A ranar 2 ga Janairu, 1847, labarinsa "Hudu ga Yuli, 1776" ya bayyana a cikin Courier na Asabar. Labarin ya nuna wani tsoho mai kula da kararrawa a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1776, yana zaune a bakin kararrawa, yana tsoron cewa Majalisar
ba zai sami ƙarfin hali ya ayyana 'yancin kai ba. A lokacin mafi ban mamaki, wani saurayi ya bayyana tare da umarni ga tsohon mutum: don kunna kararrawa. Daga baya an buga shi a cikin tarin labaran Lippard. An sake buga labarin a ko'ina kuma an haɗa Liberty Bell da Bayyanar 'Yancin kai a cikin tunanin jama'a. Abubuwan da ke cikin labarin an sake buga su a farkon masanin tarihi Benson J. Lossing "The Pictorial Field Guide to the Revolution" (wanda aka buga a 1850) a matsayin gaskiyar tarihi, kuma an sake maimaita labarin a cikin tsararraki bayan a cikin makarantun makaranta.