Landmarks with Leon
Fridays, 4:44 PM during All Things Considered
Bethlehem’s City Councilwoman and Vice President Rachel Leon presents Bethlehem’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 Stories
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Rachel Leon tells the story of the man that a portion of South Bethlehem was briefly named in honor of. -
Rachel Leon talks about Hilda Doolittle, an 20th Century poet who still receives tributes at her grave in Nisky Hill Cemetery. -
Rachel Leon explores the structure that preserves a history of Moravians and Native Americans living as one, and the eventual brutal treatment of Pennsylvania tribes. -
Rachel Leon looks at one of downtown Bethlehem's Moravian landmarks that highlighted the group's communal economic system. -
Rachel Leon looks at the life of the "father of American mycology," who was born and died in Bethlehem, and who the 1741 Gemeinhaus gets its alternate name from. -
Rachel Leon tells the story of the man known as the "Father of the American Cavalry" and the small Bethlehem park named in his honor. -
Rachel Leon talks about the first house constructed in Bethlehem by a group of Moravians, and what the site it stood on later became. -
Rachel Leon talks about Bethlehem's first mayor and the Georgian Revival-style home he cared for. -
Rachel Leon looks at the evolution of firefighting efforts in Bethlehem dating back to the days of the early Moravian settlers. -
Rachel Leon rides the tracks of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which aided in the region's industrialization in the 19th and 20th centuries.
