Lafayette College Civil War Memorial
Season 3, Episode 12 Lehigh Valley Landmarks AKA Landmarks With Leon
What happens when a college memorial becomes a city’s reminder of lives lost? On this episode of Lehigh Valley Landmarks, AKA Landmarks with Leon, discover the story behind the nineteen-foot granite monument on Lafayette College’s College Hill honoring sixteen students who died fighting for the Union. Their names are etched in stone, but their stories reach far beyond the campus—into the heart of a nation torn apart by war. Click to listen and discover the sixteen students whose sacrifice still echoes across Easton more than 150 years later.
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