ALLENTOWN, Pa. – As Revolutionary War reenactors march up Hamilton, it’s a walk-through time signaling an enduring American idea.
A more than 6 foot high, 1500-pound bronze semi quincentennial bell unveiled as part the America 250 celebration. The corner of Allentown’s South Church and Hamilton Street is fitting ground.
Just feet away in 1777, after Philadelphia fell to the British. The then State House Bell, known to all as the Liberty Bell, was hidden under the floorboards of Zion’s Reformed United Church of Christ…