Rachel Leon
Program HostRachel Leon is the host of the weekly WDIY feature Landmarks with Leon. She is a Councilwoman for the City of Bethlehem.
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Rachel Leon sits down with Katie Rymon of the National Museum of Industrial History to explore the origins of the memorial honoring local service members. -
Rachel Leon talks about the Moravian's historic cemetery, located among the Moravian Settlement in downtown Bethlehem. -
Rachel Leon talks about the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Bethlehem and the home that he stayed in while recovering from injury. -
Rachel Leon talks about Elisha Packer Wilbur, his work with the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and his life in South Bethlehem. -
Rachel Leon explores the origins of Bethlehem's Sayre Mansion, which can be traced back to Bethlehem Steel. -
Rachel Leon explores the history of the Moravian Book Shop, the oldest continuously operating bookstore in the world. -
Rachel Leon looks at The Crown Inn, which was originally built in 1745 along the south side of the Lehigh River for non-Moravians, who were not allowed to spend the night in the Moravian community. -
Rachel Leon explores the historic Burnside Plantation and its transformation over Bethlehem's history. -
Rachel Leon explores the 1742 Apothecary, which once provided medicine for Bethlehem and the surrounding areas, and is now preserved as a museum. -
Rachel Leon talks with Representative Steve Samuelson about the steel strikes and labor unions that came to be in the mid-1900s, and how they shaped worker rights.
