Big Man on Campus - Moravian College

The Liberty Bell visited Moravian’s south campus?
Probably not, unless you’re class of 1777.
In that year, the Liberty Bell was trekked
from Philadelphia to present-day Allentown
to keep it safe from British forces. Along
the way, a broken wagon wheel forced
the bell’s keepers to stop in Bethlehem,
practically on the grounds of the Moravian
Seminary. The Moravian community of 1976
witnessed a reenactment of this event on
Founder’s Day (then held on September
24). The ’76-77 yearbook tells us that the
Liberty Bell Trek—a wagon train carrying
a full-sized Liberty Bell replica and about
140 costumed reenactors—arrived at Main
and Church streets at about 12:30 p.m.
Following speeches and a performance by
the Moravian College Band, “an Ox Roast
was held behind Main Hall for all Moravian
Students, faculty, alumnae and Trek
members.”
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