Zion's Reformed Churh

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Stock #:313177
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Allentown
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Lehigh
Publisher: Griesemer Stationery Co.
Postmark: 1917 Aug-28
Postmark City: Allentown
Postmark State: Pennsylvania
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
John Jacob Mickley, of Northampton County now Lehigh County, Pa., who under cover of darkness and with his farm team hauled the Liberty Bell from Independence Hall Philadelphia through the British lines to Bethlehem where the wagon broke down Sept. 23, 1777. The Bell was then transferred to Frederick Leiser's wagon and brought to Allentown Sept. 24, 1777. It was placed beneath the floor of Zions Reformed Church, where it remained sacred for nearly a year

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