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 explore 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. -
Rachel Leon talks with Representative Steve Samuelson about the origins of Bethlehem Steel and of the United Steelworkers of America labor union. -
Rachel Leon follows the history of the Central Moravian Church, from its roots in the Bohemian Reformation of 1457, to its ongoing Bach at Noon concert series. -
Rachel Leon talks about the Moravian Bell House, its past and present uses, and the debate over who truly crafted the bells that once rang atop the structure. -
Rachel Leon talks about the one of the Moravians' first places of worship, now included in Bethlehem's UNESCO World Heritage Site. -
Rachel Leon explains the importance of the Bethlehem Waterworks in the early Moravian settlement and its preservation over time. -
Rachel Leon reveals the history of one of Bethlehem's three main bridges, which began as a Native American pathway.
