{"id":112736,"date":"2022-06-23T21:59:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T01:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112736"},"modified":"2022-06-23T22:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T02:07:00","slug":"let-the-bells-ring-out-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112736","title":{"rendered":"LET THE BELLS RING OUT FOR FREEDOM!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Liberty Bell Museum Holds Independence Day Program<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>6 June, Allentown \u2014 On Monday, 4 July, at 1:30 PM, the Liberty Bell Museum will participate in the National Bell Ringing Ceremony with Allentown\u2019s Official Mouse, Pip! The program will start at 1:30, and the Liberty Bell Replica will be rung precisely at 2:00 PM in conjunction with bells across the Nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty Bell Museum will supply age-appropriate crafts for children of different ages, and punch and cookies for refreshments. A VIP (Very Important Patriot) will also read a book for the children in attendance. The current exhibit celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the Liberty Bell Museum and its contributions to the community over the last six decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bells rang for freedom during the American Revolution. The bells need to ring in 2022 to ensure that we, as a nation, maintain that same freedom for our children,\u201d said Rev. Joshua Knappenberger, Director of the Liberty Bell Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Tours of the museum will be available from 12\u20131:30 PM and following the program until 4 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children aged 5-17. There is no admission charge for children 4 and under.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty Bell Museum is located at historic Zion\u2019s Church at 622 W. Hamilton Street, Allentown. Parking is available on-street or at the Community Parking Deck located at 6th and Walnut Streets. For more information, please contact us at 610-435-4232,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@libertybellmuseum.org\">info@libertybellmuseum.org<\/a>, or our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertybellmuseum.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.libertybellmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nRev. Joshua Knappenberger<br \/>\nLiberty Bell Museum<br \/>\n622 Hamilton St., Allentown PA 18101<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LibertyBellMuseum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LibertyBellMuseum<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberty Bell Museum Holds Independence Day Program 6 June, Allentown \u2014 On Monday, 4 July, at 1:30 PM, the Liberty Bell Museum will participate in the National Bell Ringing Ceremony &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112736\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LET THE BELLS RING OUT FOR FREEDOM!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Liberty-bell-Museum.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}