2024 VHS (Tentative)Calendar
Verona Historical Society’s 2024 Calendar of Events
2024 Speaker Series
NOVEMBER 21 (Thursday)
“THE ENCAMPMENT AT VALLEY FORGE, 1777-1778”
Presented by KEN CHERRY
Annual Social Gathering
DECEMBER 19, 2024
HOLIDAY DINNER AND SOCIAL GATHERING
(Details TBA)
Verona Historical Society’s 2025 Calendar of Events
2025 Movie Series
JANUARY 16, 2025
MOVIE - “A CEMETERY SPECIAL”
A WQED Production Narrated by Rick Sebak
7:00 PM in the Verona Municipal Bldg.
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
MOVIE – “NORTH SIDE STORY”
A WQED Production, narrated by Rick Sebak
7:00 PM in the Verona Municipal Bldg.
2025 Speaker Series
The Verona Historical Society meets on the third Thursday of every month in the Verona Municipal Building at 7 pm. Programs/speakers are scheduled each month to discuss past and present historical events. Meetings are open to the public.
MARCH 20, 2025
“NORMAN ROCKWELL & SMALL-TOWN MEMORIES”
PRESENTATION BY – DICK WILLIAMS (OAKMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
7:00 PM in the Verona Municipal Bldg.
APRIL 17, 2025
“THE WOMAN BEHIND THE SCANDAL… EVELYN NESBIT & AMERICA’S FIRST TRIAL OF THE CENTURY”
PRESENTATION BY - MEGAN ADAMS
7:00 PM in the Verona Municipal Bldg.
MAY 15, 2025
“JEWISH HISTORY IN THE VERONA & SANDY CREEK AREA”
PRESENTATION BY ERIC LIDJI (HEINZ HISTORY CENTER)
7:00 PM in the Verona Municipal Bldg.
JUNE 19, 2025
“TRIBUTE TO COACH JOE ZELEK
TWIN BOROUGH APACHES & THE VERONA HIGH SCHOOL PANTHERS”
PRESENTATION BY – JOHN SCHAAL
7:00 PM in the Verona Municipal Bldg.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
“THE GREATEST GENERATION”
PRESENTATION BY - DICK WILLIAMS (OAKMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY}
Our Greatest Generation lived through the Great Depression and WWII.
Let us take a look at who they were and what they did.
7:00 PM in the Verona Municipal Bldg.
OCTOBER 16, 2025
“PROHIBITION IN OAKMONT & VERONA”
PRESENTATION BY – GARY ROGERS
(OAKMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
7:00 PM in the Verona Municipal Bldg.
NOVEMBER 20, 2025
“THE HISTORY OF VANDERGRIFT”
PRESENTATION BY – BETH CAPORALI
7:00 PM in the Verona Municipal Bldg.
2025 Summer Road Trips
JUNE 2025
TOUR OF HARMONY MUSEUM, HARMONY, PA
(1 HOUR TOUR… ADULTS $7, SENIORS $6, CHILDREN $3)
DAY & TIME TBA
JULY 2025
TOUR OF BURTNER STONE HOUSE
NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA
DAY & TIME: TBA
AUGUST 2025
TOUR OF HANNA’S TOWN, GREENSBURG, PA
(1 HR TOUR… ADULTS $10, SENIORS $8, STUDENTS $6)
DAY & TIME: TBA
Annual Social Gathering
DECEMBER 18, 2025
HOLIDAY GATHERING
PLACE & TIME: TBA