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 talks about the Bethlehem Steel president who made history as the second highest paid company executive in 1941. -
Rachel Leon continues her conversation with Katie Rymon of the National Museum of Industrial History about John Fritz's work after leaving the Bethlehem Iron Company. -
Rachel Leon talks with Katie Rymon of the National Museum of Industrial History about the man known as the "Father of the U.S. Steel Industry."
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Rachel Leon looks at the history of South Bethlehem's public library, including its move between several locations. -
Rachel Leon discusses the questionable method white settlers used to acquire the land that's now home to much of the Lehigh Valley, and the inhabitants who were tricked. -
Rachel Leon explores one of the region's most historically significant burial grounds and some of the prominent figures laid to rest there. -
Rachel Leon talks about one of the figures who helped build one of the Lehigh Valley region's major industrial identities . -
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.
