For more information about Bethlehem’s early years through 1844, visit the Bethlehem Digital History Project web site (BDHP).
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1741
Bethlehem founded by the Moravians.
4 May 1742
Precursor to Moravian College established as a girls school in Germantown, PA. Moves to the Bell House in Bethlehem in 1749.
1763
1773
1777
1777
April 1778
The Moravian Sisters of Bethlehem present Casimir Pulaski with a banner honoring his service to the Revolutionary cause.
1800
1826
1836
1845
1845
1846
1846
8 April 1857
1867
1869
1870
1872
17 October 1873
1882
10 September 1886

1891
1893
1894
1898

1899
1904
1918

1 July 1919

5 September 1922

1925
1930

1937
January 1941
24-28 March 1941

8 November 1961
1966
1967
For more information about the sculpture, “Symbol of Progress” in the City Center visit this page.
1972
7 July 1973
1978

1984

1991
1995

2001
2003
2005
2006
2009
2011

Blue Herons, a new sculpture by Virginia Abbot, is dedicated on site, along with garden of native plants.
2016

2017
For more information about Bethlehem’s early years through 1844, visit the Bethlehem Digital History Project web site (BDHP).
Excerpted in part from: Cressman, Austin M. Historical Bethlehem 1741-1950. c1941.
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