Lecture by Dr. Scott Paul Gordon, Lehigh University
In person at the Moravian Archives or online by Zoom (please register by filling out the form below)

The American Revolution put Pennsylvania’s Moravians in a tough place. They wanted to remain neutral, but Patriots demanded that they choose a side and threatened to seize all their property if they didn’t. When military forces—troops on the move, prisoners, injured soldiers—occupied Bethlehem (“engulfed” the small community, Bethlehem’s leader John Ettwein said), Moravians had no choice but to transform the way they lived. These communities did survive these dangerous times, but the Revolution transformed Bethlehem permanently.