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In the early 1900s, migration to the north was painted as a utopia for Blacks in the south — but that was not accurate. “It was not easy, but the obstacles, oppressions and subjugation does not define African Americans. It is a part of their story, but the beauty of ....
The seeds of an independent nation, planted during the Revolutionary War, are bearing new fruit at sites including Hempfield’s Historic Hanna’s Town, as the United States prepares to mark its 250th birthday. The public is invited to the historic site at 809 Forbes Trail Road at 4:30 p.m. Sunday as ....
Historic Hanna’s Town will host its fifth Antiques & Collectibles market of the season this weekend, continuing its 50th year of the tradition. The market, which started in 1974, will feature more than 100 vendors offering a variety of vintage items, ranging from $1 to hundreds of dollars in cost. ....
A love of local history shone as bright as the sun Saturday through a couple dozen 
volunteers who imparted their deep knowledge to anyone who would listen 
at Historic Hanna’s Town. Dick Sheats of Fairfield had several stories about the authentic late 18th century Conestoga wagon. Malori Stevenson of North ....
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 ....