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The saving of the Liberty Bell
SEPTEMBER 23-24 1777
In commemoration of the saving of the
Liberty Bell
from the British, September 1777
Erected to the memory of
John Jacob Mickley
Commissary of Issues, and member of the General Committee from Whitehall Township Northampton County, Pennsylvania. 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, September 23, 1777.
The bell was then transferred to Frederick Leiser's wagon, and brought to Allentown, September 24, 1777.
It was placed beneath the floor of Zion's Reformed Church, where it remained secreted for nearly a year.
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Kate Todd