Landmarks with Leon
New episodes released every Friday
Bethlehem’s City Councilwoman and Vice President Rachel Leon presents Bethlehem, Pennsylvania’s historic landmarks that capture the stories, places, events and innovations which affected the lives of Pennsylvanians throughout the centuries.
Listen weekly to learn why Bethlehem was included as part of a larger transnational listing that made the 26th UNESCO World Heritage site and about the history of more than 100 historic markers.
Latest Episodes
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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.
