FREDERICK LEASER - PLAQUE
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N 40° 40.247 W 075° 50.000
18T E 429567 N 4502545
You wouldn't expect to find the marker here representing the man who hauled the Liberty Bell.
Waymark Code: WMZMN
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2006
Views: 57
Marker Text:
Frederick Leaser whose homestead is located on mile to the north in September 1777 with his farm team hauled the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to Allentown where it was concealed in Zion Reformed Church. His grandson Jesse Follweiler conveyed on the same wagon the Liberty Pole erected on this spot January 1st, 1833. It bore the legend Jackson * Liberty and Against Nullification.
Marker Name: Frederick Leaser - PLAQUE
County: Lehigh
Date Dedicated: 11/01/1928
Marker Type: Plaque
Location: Leaser Lake Park off PA 143 near Jacksonville, Lynnport
Category: American Revolution
Website: Not listed
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