Published October 27. 2026 12:45PM<\/p>\n
Hundreds of Lehigh Valley residents braved blustery winds and chilly temperatures for the pre-mid-term election No Kings Day in Bethlehem Township and the City of Bethlehem. They lined the William Penn Highway near Route 33 in the morning and along Wyandotte Street just south of the Hill to Hill Bridge in the afternoon chanting slogans and waving homemade signs to encourage citizens to vote Nov. 3.<\/p>\n
Similar events were held in Allentown, Dorneyville and Easton.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re encouraging all eligible voters to make a plan to vote early and make sure they understand their options,\u201d says Indivisible Lehigh Valley Bethlehem organizer Brooke McDermott. Common Cause and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) partnered with Indivisible Lehigh Valley Bethlehem to conduct the rallies.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need America back,\u201d says Salisbury Township resident Jamie Hess.<\/p>\n
Bethlehem resident Wayne Dreyman says, \u201cI feel so strongly that we\u2019re at a crucial time to save our nation\u2019s political system.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those attending the William Penn Highway location were encouraged to bring nonperishable food items, which were then donated to Second Harvest.<\/p>\n
People driving by both areas honked their horns consistently in a show of solidarity with their fellow Americans.<\/p>\n
In a release Philip Hensley-Robin, executive director of the nonpartisan Common Cause Pennsylvania, says \u201cPennsylvania voters can feel secure that no matter what questions, concerns or anxieties they have, Common Cause and the 866-OUR-VOTE election protection hotline are here to help.\u201d<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTO BY DANA GRUBBHolding signs in the shape of peace signs urging people to vote, this group stood along Wyandotte Street.<\/p>\n
Jodie Penniman and Bill Krzastek of Bethlehem hold a large sign supporting democracy.<\/p>\n
Indivisible Lehigh Valley Bethlehem organizer Brooke McDermott chants into a loudspeaker, \u201cTell me what democracy looks like.\u201d Attendees would reply, \u201cthis is what democracy looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n
This protestor has a plain and simple message for motorists passing by.<\/p>\n
Demonstrators line Wyandotte Street as motorists drive past honking their horns in support.<\/p>\n
Stationed at the Hill to Hill Bridge Bethlehem resident William Kalman encourages passersby to vote.<\/p>\n
Two young protestors hold up their issue specific signs along Wyandotte Street.<\/p>\n
This sign encourages people to vote in order to save democracy.<\/p>\n
Waving her Ukraine flag is Sarah Hocking, a trauma technician from New Jersey.<\/p>\n
Izzy the Corgi shows its support for democracy.<\/p>\n
A large contingent of citizens gets their message across to motorists at Route 33 and the William Penn Highway.<\/p>\n
Wayne Dreyman of Bethlehem stresses the importance of voting.<\/p>\n
Two demonstrators chat as one holds a sign that tells people where her political tendencies are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published October 27. 2026 12:45PM Hundreds of Lehigh Valley residents braved blustery winds and chilly temperatures for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-315467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315467","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=315467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}