The Reading Pagoda and City Hall are being illuminated in blue and white as the city celebrates Oktoberfest and recognizes the German heritage and traditions of the Reading Liederkranz.<\/p>\n
The Pagoda will shine in the colors Wednesday evening, Sept. 30, while City Hall will remain illuminated in blue and white through Saturday, Oct. 3.<\/p>\n
City officials said the special lighting recognizes the longstanding connection between the Reading community and the Reading Liederkranz while adding to festivities surrounding this year\u2019s Oktoberfest celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we have an opportunity to celebrate one of the traditions and organizations that has helped shape Reading, I think we should,\u201d Mayor Eddie Mor\u00e1n said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I wanted the Pagoda lit in blue and white for the Reading Liederkranz and Oktoberfest. It\u2019s a great way to recognize the Liederkranz and let the Pagoda be part of the celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jon Linton of the Reading Liederkranz said the organization appreciated the city\u2019s recognition of the occasion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thrilled to see Reading\u2019s iconic Pagoda shining Bavarian blue in celebration of Oktoberfest,\u201d Linton said. \u201cThe Pagoda is such a special symbol of our city, and having it illuminated in the colors of Bavaria is a wonderful way to bring together Reading\u2019s unique identity with the spirit of German heritage, friendship, and celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n
Linton also thanked the City of Reading for helping mark the occasion and invited residents to enjoy the illuminated Pagoda as part of the community\u2019s Oktoberfest celebration.<\/p>\n
The Pagoda lighting is scheduled for the evening of Sept. 30. City Hall\u2019s blue and white lighting will continue through Oct. 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Reading Pagoda and City Hall are being illuminated in blue and white as the city celebrates Oktoberfest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-297233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}