Blacksmith Tongs for Sale

Get-away weekend: Allentown, Pa., town offers fun, history

Allentown, Pennsylvania-Before the Liberty Bell has become an enduring symbol of American freedom, it was once a large piece of metal the British would have liked to blend in with the ammunition and fire on the rebels.

A devastating loss at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777 meant Philadelphia was opened for the season Redcoats and their yen for the metal.

And the patriots of the American Revolution concocted a plan: Lug the Liberty Bell and other bells 10 to 50 miles from Philadelphia, the cover with manure and hay and store them where the British would never watch.

My wife Rachel and I came across the former refuge area of ​​the Liberty Bell by accident. It was easy to see how the British have failed too.

He is now the Liberty Bell Museum, part of the Reformed Church of Zion United Church of Christ on West Hamilton Street here.

On this ground, the Liberty Bell was raised under the floor of September 1777 in the summer of 1778, an odd note in the history of the nation.

"Not many people do not know its history," said the Rev. Robert Stevens Sr., pastor of Zion United Church of Christ. "It really started as a question on" Jeopardy "and a few people perplexed.

White Hart Forge finds history lovers who love artisan work ...

Iron hammer on the anvil and steel burning in a propane forge handmade, Dan Klug and Heidi metal Shewchuk turn in art - Milwaukie. Together, Klug and Shewchuk, 45, is White Hart Forge, a blacksmith shop created from a garage space for two cars to the married couple's house just south of Milwaukie. "I work in a profession that has happened for a thousand years," said Klug, 49, as he twisted hot molten metal with pliers. Their work ranges from $ 2,500 iron sculptures Celtic boar to 15 million spindles kilt brass. fireplace screens are their most popular item, ranging from $ 500 to $ 3,000."I'm not joking when I tell my students," Strike while the iron is hot. "

Forging ahead with restoration

1. Along the museum walls, visitors can find a 19th century wooden water yoke; 1880s woodworking bench used in the John D. Stoner's Valparaiso furniture store to assemble and repair furniture; and cast iron blacksmith tools including hammers, tongs,
2. "It really looked like the guy (blacksmith) just walked in, put the tongs down and went for lunch and never came back," Benson told The Daily News. The forge and its blower were in good condition, given their age, Benson added.
3. Stanley Diamond, an avid genealogist, treasured the old blacksmith's tongs that had belonged to a murdered relative in Poland. They were a tangible connection to his family's past. But when historian Jerzy Halbersztadt, the primary creator and,