With the 250th anniversary of the U.S. coming up next year, Allentown is getting a prominent reminder of its role in the Revolutionary War .
The Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority board voted unanimously Wednesday to allocate $100,000 to put a commemorative bell in front of the former Zion’s Reformed United Church of Christ at 620 Hamilton St. to help celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial.
According to Fadia Halma, Lehigh Valley regional director for the state Department for Community and Economic Development, the $250,000 bronze bell will be the same size as the Liberty Bell and will contain an inscription describing Allentown’s role in keeping the bell safe during the Revolutionary War. It will weigh 1,500 pounds…