Events
Holiday Family Day
Join us at Historic Hanna’s Town for Holiday Family Day, a fun day of activities celebrating winter and the holiday season, great for all ages. At the Education Center, create winter crafts, decorate holiday cookies, and enjoy a history themed storytime featuring musical interludes performed by a violinist from the Westmoreland...
Candlelight Open House
Join us for this FREE after-hours event at Historic Hanna's Town to kick off the holiday season. Stroll by lantern light to Hanna's Tavern and the newly reconstructed Lefevre House and enjoy the ambiance of roaring fireplaces. Taste beer from All Saints Brewery and wassail made from a Colonial Williamsburg recipe, along...
Frontier Court Days 2022
Step back in time to when Hanna’s Town served as the seat of government for Westmoreland County! Our annual signature event highlights the unique role Hanna's Town played in Westmoreland County during the American Revolution. Join us for reenactments of actual court cases heard at Hanna’s Town between 1773 and...
Toast the Tour Cocktail Party
We will celebrate the “Gone But Not Forgotten” house tour program (Sept. 18) at an outdoors Toast the Tour Cocktail Party. The party, with heavy hors d’oeuvre catered by Rizzo’s Malabar Inn, is at the historically-designated 1866 William Steel Farmhouse in the Hannastown/Totteridge area. The home was the centerpiece of...
Jack-o’-Lantern Tours
Have fun with fears and folklore of the 18th century! This special tour of Historic Hanna's Town looks at the Scots-Irish origins of Halloween and what frightened people in the 18th century. Learn about superstitions of Westmoreland County’s Scots-Irish settlers regarding the Celtic new year, Samhain, or Hallowe’en. Many of...
Three Centuries of Christmas (sold out)
This program is sold out! Thank you for your interest and check back next year. Visit our events page to learn more about holiday happenings. Discover how American Christmas traditions changed over three centuries on this special holiday tour of Historic Hanna’s Town. Costumed guides lead you through buildings from...
Historic House Tour (virtual)
This fall, the Westmoreland Historical Society will again open doors to the remarkable history of Westmoreland County during our Historic House Tour. Once again this year, due to the pandemic, we have created a unique virtual event set for September 18, 2021. We will take guests on a virtual tour,...
Fall Family Day
Join us at Historic Hanna’s Town for a fun celebration of fall and the Halloween season with historic demonstrations and outdoor activities. Members of Proctor’s Militia, I.B.W.C.P., will be camped at Historic Hanna’s Town and sharing the history of the Westmoreland County militia, established at Hanna’s Town in 1775, and life for settlers on the Pennsylvania frontier. Proctor’s Militia...
Arthur St. Clair Historic Preservation Awards Dinner
The 2021 Arthur St. Clair Historic Preservation Award will be presented at the 21st annual Arthur St. Clair Historic Preservation Awards Dinner on Wednesday, October 20, at Rizzo’s Banquet Hall in Crabtree. The St. Clair Award is presented to those individuals, organizations, businesses or educational institutions that have made a significant...
Be a Better Birder – presented by the Westmoreland Land Trust
Join us, have fun, and improve your birdwatching skills! This free, 2-hour family-friendly event will introduce you to the skills and resources needed to improve your birdwatching skills. Participants will build a birdfeeder, learn some basic bird anatomy, and then use binoculars, field guides and new smartphone technologies to identify some...