The tribe still maintains a cemetery there, although it is owned by the Moravian Church in America. The Munsee hope to set up a nonprofit organization to take over ownership of the cemetery.

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 ...

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 ...

William Brangham: The U.S. saw its 26th UNESCO World Heritage Site declared this past summer. It was in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where a historic settlement of the Moravian Church, along with ...

Soon Post was dressing like the tribes and perhaps even growing his ... John Heckewelder (1743-1823), later the best known of the Moravian missionaries. But for Post there was little rest.

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He signed many treaties and moved his tribe to Gekelmukpechunk, which was later named Newcomerstown in his honor in eastern Ohio in 1759. He is the chief who invited the Moravian missionary David ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Historic Moravian Bethlehem District in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has been added ...