The first obstacle to an authentic Moravian experience in this tobacco city founded by settlers from Bethlehem is the accent. It’s just not Moravian. And the skyline — not quaint at all. The top of ...

George Washington, rock star? Well maybe the father of this country is not the first name you think of after Elvis, but in the America of 1782, when Washington stopped at Bethlehem's Sun Inn, he was ...

If you were in Bethlehem in the 1700s, and you needed cloth, coffee, sugar or other goods, there was only one place to go. The Strangers’ Store on the corner of Market and Main streets was the heart ...

646 TODAY WE ARE KICKING OFF A NEW SERIES OF STORIES HIGHLIGHTING HOLIDAY AND HISTORY HERE IN THE TRIAD. AND FIRST UP, WE’RE LOOKING AT THE UNIQUE TRADITIONS AND ...

The year is 1745. Bethlehem is a struggling, 3-year-old Moravian community on the edge of the Pennsylvania forest. But it has already begun what its founder Count vin Zinzendorf has seen as its ...

HOPE -- The rich history of Hope Village will come to life this weekend during the annual Hope Moravian Day celebration, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 throughout the ...

Long-time executive Moravian Historical Society executive director Susan Dreydoppel left some big shoes to fill when she stepped down earlier this year. But the society's board of managers selected a ...

Nothing tells the story of Christ’s birth like a putz. And no one tells the story of the putz's place in Christmas City lore like the Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem. The church has published a ...

All history buffs are invited to the Dietrich Theater at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22 for a free talk on Moravian history by Dr. Sheldon Spear. Every year since 2002 Spear brings a historical topic ...

Philadelphia's Independence Hall. The pyramids of Egypt. The Great Wall of China. Bethlehem's 14-acre historic Moravian settlement could one day join the ranks of those UNESCO World Heritage sites ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Mary Prince has become a symbol of freedom in the 200 years since her death. Though she is known the world over as a West Indies slave whose raw narrative galvanized the ...