Events
Frontier Family Days: June 14 – 15, 2025 SATURDAY, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM and SUNDAY, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
A Living History Event! Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday, 10 am - 3 pm Westmoreland Historical Society will celebrate its first Frontier Family Days during Father’s Day weekend, June 14-15. (Frontier Family Days was formally known Frontier Court Days prior to this year.) Step back in time...
World War II Encampment & Reenactment
The public is invited to join Historic Hanna's Town as we jump forward in time over 150 years to the summer of 1944! World War II living history demonstrations and presentations will be offered, as well as afternoon battle demonstrations on both Saturday and Sunday. Each battle demonstration will be...
World War II Encampment & Reenactment
The public is invited to join Historic Hanna's Town as we jump forward in time over 150 years to the summer of 1944! World War II living history demonstrations and presentations will be offered, as well as afternoon battle demonstrations on both Saturday and Sunday. SPECTATOR ADMISSION: Adults: $12 Children:...
Inside the Collection: New Donations in 2023
Joanna Moyar, collections manager for the Westmoreland Historical Society will use a Show & Tell format with images and objects to tell the stories of some of the many items that have been donated to the Society in 2023. This program is FREE and open to the public. Preceding the...
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...
Made in Westmoreland: Old Overholt whiskey
Our annual Made in Westmoreland program will be on-site at West Overton, the birthplace of Old Overholt. The program will feature a presentation with samples offered of five different whiskeys, light bites, and tours of the Overholt house and museum. This program is for adults only and costs $30. Please...
Toast the Tour Cocktail Party
We will celebrate the Historic House Tour (Sept. 16 Historic House Tour) at the Toast the Tour Cocktail Party. Cocktails and hearty hors d’oeuvres by Rizzo’s, along with a private house tour will be held at the circa 1929 Joseph and Alma Cote House, known historically as Hillcrest- Grey Gables...
Historic House Tour
TO BUY TICKETS ON TOUR DAY ($30), GO TO THE WARDEN HOUSE AT 200 SOUTH CHURCH ST. IN MOUNT PLEASANT The Westmoreland Historical Society is once again opening doors to the remarkably rich history of Westmoreland County with our Historic House Tour. This year's tour features seven houses in the...
Fall Tea in the 1913 Farmhouse
SOLD OUT Join us for tea at our charming 1913 Farmhouse. Enjoy, an assortment of sandwiches, scones, pastries, sweets, and of course freshly brewed tea. We offer two seatings: 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Reservations are a must for this very popular event, and seating is limited. Take the opportunity...
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. Crafts: paper cutting, wooden winter crafts, pomander balls, make a Corn Cob Bird Feeder Activities: puzzles, games, scavenger hunt in the Westmoreland 250 exhibit Native...