Events
Historic House Tour
Step Into History at the 2025 Historic House Tour Discover the charm, craftsmanship, and stories of treasured homes in Delmont, PA during the Westmoreland Historical Society’s 19th Annual Historic House Tour! This self-guided tour invites you to experience a curated selection of private residences and historic landmarks that reflect the...
4th of July-FREE ADMISSION
On Friday, July 4th, 2025 from 11 am until 4 pm, Historic Hanna's Town offers FREE admission. We will be open for tours as well as a special reading of the Declaration of Independence at 1 pm and 3 pm. This year has a special meaning of this historic event...
Bag Magic for Home Sewing: Your Patriotic Duty
From feed sacks to fashion, join us for a fascinating presentation as Louise Baker explores the incredible story of how everyday cotton bags were once used to package flour, sugar, feed, and meal and then transformed into clothing and household items by resourceful homemakers from across America. Discover how this...
Bingo Night The Venue! | Live! Casino
Come support the Westmoreland Historical Society at The Venue Live for a special night of Charitable Community Bingo! Every Monday night, The Venue Live hosts a community bingo event; this Monday, it’s all about us. Join us for an evening of fun, prizes, and community spirit while helping preserve local...
Sign Up Here For Hanna’s Town Resolve to Race! 5K
Click this link for On-Line Registration: https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Greensburg/ResolveToRace5K Resolve to Race 5K Run/Walk & Kids’ Dash As we begin the commemoration of America’s 250th birthday, a special event will take place at Historic Hanna’s Town on Saturday May 17, 2025, to honor the 250th anniversary of the Hanna’s Town Resolves, a bold...
“A Question of Conscience” St. Vincent Archabbey in the Civil War
Join us for a program by EVAN PORTMAN as he explores a fascinating chapter of Civil War history, where devotion to faith clashes with the realities of a nation at war. As the American Civil War split the nation, brother against brother, the conflict also divided one of Westmoreland County's...
Summer Camp “A Stitch in Time”
This year's camp will focus on textile production like spinning, weaving, and sewing. Kids will learn about 18th century fashion and have a chance to try on some colonial era garb! We will explore the natural world and how early settlers made their own fabrics and clothing from the environment...
Volunteer Recruitment and Training
Interested in being a volunteer at Historic Hanna's Town or the Westmoreland History Education Center? If so, you are invited to our first volunteer meeting of the year on Saturday, March 29 at 10 a.m. at the Westmoreland History Education Center at Historic Hanna’s Town. We will be discussing various volunteer opportunities and getting to know one another! There are...
Johnstown Flood Museum Trip
We will meet at Historic Hanna’s Town in the old parking lot at 8:30 AM and travel by car the 40 miles to the Museum. Jim Laskoski, an experienced volunteer tour guide at the Flood Museum will provide insight and context to the events of that dreadful day—May 31, 1889....