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St. Michael Chimes
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were cast in London and installed in the St. Michael church steeple in
Charleston, S.C. in 1764. When the British took over that city during
the Revolutionary war, they took the bells with them back to England.
Then, a Charleston merchant bought them in England and sent them home
to America. In 1823, when crcks were found in some of the bells, they
were send back to London to be recast.
In 1862, during the seige of Charleston, they were moved to Columbia, S.C.
for safe-keeping, but Sherman's army set fire to that area and nothing but
fragments remained. These were sent back to London once more, where the
original molds still stood, and again the bells were recast.
In February of 1867, the eight bells were reinstalled in the
St. Michael steeple, and on March 21st, they rang out joyously:
Home again, home again
from a foreign Land
There was great rejoicing by the entire city as the bells rang out.
Since then they have gone through a cyclone, earthquake and fire
and remain unharmed.
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