St. Clair Lecture
The St. Clair Lectures, presented by The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg and the Westmoreland County Historical Society have been suspended due to lack of funding. Please check back periodically to see if this popular series, bringing in distinguished scholars from around the world to discuss some aspect of Westmoreland County history, will be resumed.
2016 St. Clair Lecture: Bouquets from the Cannon's Mouth: Soldiering with the Eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserves
by Robert E. Eberly, Jr.
2015: Pivotal Pennsylvania: Presidential Politics in Western Pennsylvania
Featured G. Terry Madonna, PhD
Our Mission
The Westmoreland County Historical Society is an educational organization dedicated to acquiring and managing resources related to the history of Westmoreland County and using these resources to encourage a diverse audience to make connections to the past, develop an understanding of the present, and provide direction for the future.