(Editor’s note: To mark Westmoreland County’s 250th birthday this year, we’ve come up with a list of 250 things — 10 things in 25 communities — that we consider to be important to the makeup of our area. This series will appear each week through December. If you have a
Since the 1970s, the Irish Tourist Board has had an iconic poster to help promote Ireland’s capital city. “The Doors of Dublin” depicts multiple entrances to the city’s Georgian homes. Now, Westmoreland County has a “Portals of Westmoreland” poster, helping to celebrate the county’s 250th anniversary this year. Unveiled Friday
Motorists who take a drive along the Westmoreland Land Trust’s newest road ramble may get a sense of the hilly terrain Gen. John Forbes’ British soldiers had to cross on foot in the mid-18th century, when they seized the site of present-day Pittsburgh from their French foes. They will also
In the fall of 1758, British and Colonial troops under the command of Gen. John Forbes and Col. George Washington cut a new road through the dense forests of Pennsylvania,
Barbara Mance was sitting in her English class at St. Xavier’s Academy on March 16, 1972, when the fire alarm went off. She walked downstairs, assuming it was just another fire drill. She and her classmates were joking that “maybe the old place is finally burning.” Upon arriving outside, they