Editing Lebanon, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
[[File:Central Square in Lebanon, Pennsylvania (1895).jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Central Square in Lebanon, 1895]]
Indigenous nations in the area of what is now Lebanon included the [[Shawnee]], [[Susquehannock]], [[Gawanese]], [[Lenape]] (or Delaware), and [[Nanticoke people]]s.<ref name=lestz>[https://web.archive.org/web/19990203143240/http://www.willowvalley.com/wvlancasterinfo.htm A Brief History of Lancaster County]. Web.archive.org (1999-02-03). Retrieved on 2013-07-27.</ref>

Lebanon was settled by European colonists in 1720, many with the family names of "Steitz" and "Light", along a creek that was then named "Steitz Creek". The Light patriarchs built a fort to protect against Indians and named it "Light's Fort". The town was laid out in 1753, incorporated as a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] on February 20, 1821, and became a city on November 25, 1885. It adopted the commission form of government, consisting of four councilmen and a mayor.

[[Lebanon bologna]] was first made here, since before the 1780s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-11-09-0511080137-story.html|title=A slice of history|date=November 9, 2005|website=Baltimore Sun}}</ref> The [[Union Canal (Pennsylvania)|Union Canal]], which operated from 1828 to 1885, flowed through the city's north side. [[Ebro Foods#San Giorgio|San Giorgio pasta]] has been manufactured in Lebanon since 1914,<ref>{{Cite web|title=San Giorgio® - Our Story|url=https://www.sangiorgio.com/en-us/content/26217/OurStory.aspx|access-date=2020-09-30|website=www.sangiorgio.com}}</ref> and was acquired by nearby [[Hershey Foods Corporation]] in 1966.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Seiber|first=Valerie|date=2016-01-15|title=Hershey and Pasta: An Interesting Relationship|url=https://hersheystory.org/hershey-pasta-interesting-relationship/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Visit The Hershey Story Museum|language=en-US}}</ref> Lebanon was formerly home to a major [[steel mill]] operated by [[Bethlehem Steel]].