Liberty Bell Museum

[3] A train of over 700 wagons, guarded by 200 cavalry from North Carolina and Virginia under command of Colonel Thomas Polk of the 4th North Carolina Regiment in the Continental Army, left Philadelphia for Bethlehem, in the Lehigh Valley, with the bells hidden beneath manure and hay in the wagons.

The State House Bell was hidden in the wagon of Northampton County militia private John Jacob Mickley.

[4] On September 26, 1777, three days after the Liberty Bell's arrival in Bethlehem, British forces marched into Philadelphia unopposed and occupied the city.

[5] The museum serves as the headquarters of the Allentown Flag Day Association, which was established on July 3, 1907 by local residents Joe Hart and General Harry Clay Trexler.

The character of Pip became regionally famous among children and was a staple of the store's holiday advertising and marketing campaigns.

Zion United Church of Christ at 622 Hamilton Street in Allentown , where the Liberty Bell was successfully hidden under floor boards from the British Army from September 1777 until June 1778 during the British occupation of Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War .
A watercolor painting depicting the arrival of the Liberty Bell at Zions Church, on September 24, 1777
A woodcust image of Zion's Church, which includes a sketched message, indicating that the church was erected in 1773 and was the hiding place for the Liberty Bell during the winter of 1777–1778
"The Saving of the Liberty Bell", a plaque commemorating John Jacob Mickley and Frederick Leaser at Zion United Church
In 1893, the Liberty Bell returned to Allentown on its way to Philadelphia following the Columbian Exposition in Chicago ; Hotel Allen and Zion's Church in Center City Allentown are visible (on the right)
A 1908 plaque honoring John Jacob Mickley and Frederick Leaser at the church