BuaDown in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania lies the town of Bethlehem, once the home of Bethlehem Steel, one of the largest steel mills in the world where furnaces blazed for 140 years helping to build America before it ground to a halt in 1995 Once a symbol of industrial America, it drew lots of Irish and Scotch Irish laborers to the region who settled in the area and helped form a base for a solid Celtic Renaissance once the area turned to culture to help provide a creative alternative to rust-belt obsolescence So out of that vacuum arose the Celtic Cultural Alliance, a non-profit organization that sought to preserve Celtic culture and heritage through education, musical performances and competitions in athletics, piping and dancingEvery year at the end of September is the Celtic Classic Festival, which is celebrating 25 years on September 28-30 in downtown Bethlehem Read more
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