PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- This weekend, "Occupied Philadelphia" brought history to life with the sights and sounds of 1777 ... of a typical marketplace, British card games, and the ...

where our historic ancestors hid the nation’s Liberty Bell at Independence Hall from the British occupation of Philadelphia in 1777. I was not as excited about acquiring Anna Weisin’s dower ...

An upcoming museum event will take Philadelphians back to 1777, when the British army ... the Brits' nine-month occupation next month as part of its annual "Occupied Philadelphia" event.

Many people know that the Liberty Bell came to Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia in 1777-78. But how it got here, the route it took and the reasons why it came to the Lehigh ...

On the heels of the departing bell came the entrance of the British troops into Philadelphia under Sir William Howe and Lord Cornwallis, both of whom were pictured. The advent of the red-coated ...

During the past week, PlanPhilly reporters brought you several exclusive, breaking stories in design and planning. 1. SugarHouse Archaeological Dig: Unearthing the Past Kellie Patrick Gates reported ...

After a series of discouraging military defeats, on this day in 1777 Continental Army troops ... along with the fall of Philadelphia to the British. Their victory at Saratoga turned the tide ...

But when the city fell to the British in 1777, the famous bell was secreted ... for safe-keeping as it waited out the British occupation of Philadelphia. It was returned in June of 1778.