Rachel Leon
Program HostRachel Leon is the host of the weekly WDIY feature, Lehigh Valley Landmarks. She is the President of the City Council in Bethlehem.
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Rachel Leon takes a look at the monument atop Easton's College Hill honoring 16 Lafayette College students. -
Rachel Leon talks about the colonel from Easton who became the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer killed during the Spanish-American War. -
Rachel Leon talks about Easton's history with anthracite and the local work that made a much larger industrial revolution possible. -
Rachel Leon shares the story of the time the Lehigh Canal did something a canal was never supposed to do — stop completely. -
Rachel Leon looks back on the Lafayette College football coach who transformed a losing team into an unstoppable force in just one year. -
Rachel Leon discusses the agreement that ended years of turmoil between English Pennsylvania residents and regional Native Americans. -
Rachel Leon explores the furnace that once operated along the Lehigh Canal, jumpstarting a new kind of iron age. -
Rachel Leon explores the country's third electric trolley system, which reshaped the city of Easton for 65 years before ceasing operations in 1953. -
Rachel Leon explores Easton's industrial past and the reminders of that history that still stand today. -
Rachel Leon looks at the church that witnessed more of the American Revolution than most other structures.
