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The Donora Historical Society is the oldest in Washington County, dating back to 1946, and since that time has done its best to preserve the borough’s history.
An online roundtable featuring local historians and experts will be held to discuss the Donora Smog Disaster of 1948 and the environmental impact it had on the region and country.
Pennsylvania was a haven in the decades preceding the Civil War for people seeking to escape enslavement in the South. But that wasn’t the case in Pennsylvania’s earlier years, when enslaved people and those who claimed ownership of them were part of the local population, including in Westmoreland County. The
With Election Day approaching, the Senator John Heinz History Center is partnering with 15 museums, libraries and cultural organizations across the region to activate the connection between history and civics