<P> On September 23 , the bishop of the Moravian Church in Bethlehem reported that the wagons had arrived , and all bells except the State House bell had been moved to Northampton - Towne ( present - day Allentown , Pennsylvania ) . The following day , the State House bell was transferred to the wagon of Frederick Leaser and taken to the historic Zion 's Reformed Church in center city Allentown , where it was stored ( along with the other bells ) , under the floorboards . On September 26 , British forces marched into Philadelphia , unopposed , and occupied the city . The bell was restored to Philadelphia in June 1778 , after the end of the British occupation . </P>
<P> On September 23 , the bishop of the Moravian Church in Bethlehem reported that the wagons had arrived , and all bells except the State House bell had been moved to Northampton - Towne ( present - day Allentown , Pennsylvania ) . The following day , the State House bell was transferred to the wagon of Frederick Leaser and taken to the historic Zion 's Reformed Church in center city Allentown , where it was stored ( along with the other bells ) , under the floorboards . On September 26 , British forces marched into Philadelphia , unopposed , and occupied the city . The bell was restored to Philadelphia in June 1778 , after the end of the British occupation . </P>
where was the liberty bell hidden during the revolutionary war
where was the liberty bell hidden during the revolutionary war
Zion 's Reformed Church
Zion 's Reformed Church