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	<title>Delaware &#38; Lehigh National Heritage Corridor &#187; History</title>
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	<description>Where America was Built</description>
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		<title>&#8220;Welcome, Neighbor&#8221;: New Exhibit Opening Soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silas Chamberlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Silas Chamberlin The Collective Memory Project is a joint effort between the Alliance for Sustainable Communities and concerned individuals to help educate the public about the rich history of immigration in the Lehigh Valley.  On February 8, they will open the exhbition, &#8220;Welcome, Neighor,&#8221; a collection of portrait photographs and selections from oral [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the Authors of New Bethlehem Steel Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silas Chamberlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written By Silas Chamberlin A new pictorial history of industrial behemoth Bethlehem Steel is now available for purchase. Authors Ann Bartholomew and Donald Stuart Young worked with the Canal History and Technology Press, the publishing arm of the National Canal Museum, to put together over 600 well-chosen, historic photos of the Bethlehem’s home plant. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wyso Exhibit at Sigal Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silas Chamberlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written By Silas Chamberlin Frank “Wyso” Wysochansky’s spent most of his life in Blakely, PA, a coal-mining community near Scranton. Having lost his father in a mining accident, Wyso was familiar with the harsh realities of coal miners’ lives, as well as the strong community ties these dangerous conditions fostered. As a self-taught painter and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Sign is Finishing Touch on Eagle Scout Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silas Chamberlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Silas Chamberlin Those of you who frequent the Freemansburg section of the D&#38;L Trail have probably noticed the new observation deck, constructed as part of Jonathan Yu’s Eagle Scout project. The new deck is located along the canal towpath and offers scenic views of the Lehigh River, as well as the remains of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nov. 18: Historic Preservation Roundtable to be Held</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silas Chamberlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written By Silas Chamberlin On November 18 from 7-9 pm, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Preservation Pennsylvania, and the Delaware &#38; Lehigh National Heritage Corridor will host a region-wide historic preservation roundtable discussion in Room 200 of Lehigh University’s historic Linderman Library. Representatives from these organizations will be joined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Industrial Pioneers: An Interview and Book Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silas Chamberlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written By Silas Chamberlin Patrick Brown’s new book Industrial Pioneers: Scranton, Pennsylvania and the Transformation of America, 1840-1902 is a much-needed study of a city that played a disproportionately formative role in nineteenth-century American industrial history. Scranton was at the center of iron rail production, anthracite coal mining, and steelmaking, and, at a time when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Gardening Initiatives Sprout across the Lehigh Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silas Chamberlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throw a stone, and it will probably land in a community garden.  It seems like they are sprouting up everywhere &#8211; and for good reason.  Communities recognize that gardens are a great way to add a little green space to a neighborhood, supplement residents&#8217; diets with fresh produce, allow neighbors to work side-by-side on meaningful projects, and lessen our dependence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Expertise Aids Documentation of Historic Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silas Chamberlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday a group of D&#38;L staff members and local history buffs met with Deidre McCarthy of the National Park Service&#8217;s Cultural Resource Geographic Information System facility (CRGIS). As noted in an earlier blog entry, Deidre and her team have spent several months mapping the remains of the Lehigh Canal and adjacent industrial heritage. Between GPS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Bethlehem Historical Society meeting to feature Hammer Shop perspectives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silas Chamberlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the evening of September 8, the South Bethlehem Historical Society will hold its annual meeting at the Bethlehem Masonic Temple, on Brighton and Cherokee Streets. This year&#8217;s meeting promises to be especially interesting, as the two keynote presentations will offer different perspectives on the fate of Bethlehem Steel&#8217;s historic No.8 Hammer Shop/Electric Furnace. President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An interview with Jay Luke, author of When Coal was Queen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silas Chamberlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a new local history read? Check out Jay Luke&#8217;s recently-published When Coal was Queen: The History of the Queen City-Olyphant, Pennsylvania. The new book documents the heritage of the small, coal-mining community of Olyphant. Luke, a local artist, worked with the Olyphant Coal Miners&#8217; Memorial Association to compile the history, which includes lots [...]]]></description>
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