Zion's Reformed Church

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $15.95

Stock #:888909
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Allentown
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Lehigh
Publisher: Leighton & Valentine Co.
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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John Jacob Mickley, of Northampton County, now Lehigh County, PA., who under the 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 Zion's Reformed Church where it remained sacred for nearly a year.

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