2024 VHS (Tentative)Calendar
2025 Speaker Series (Fall)
October 16, 2025
Prohibition in Oakmont & Verona
by Gary Rogers
(Oakmont Historical Society)
7:00 pm in the Verona Municipal Bldg.
November 20, 2025
The History of Vandergrift
by Beth Caporali
7:00 pm in the Verona Municipal Bldg.
2025 Annual Social Gathering
DECEMBER 18, 2025
HOLIDAY GATHERING
Oakmont Yacht Club, 5:00 pm
Verona Historical Society’s 2026 Calendar of Events
The Verona Historical Society meets each calendar month according to the schedules detailed below. The VHS strives to entertain and educate its members and guests with the most highly knowledgeable speakers in the Pittsburgh Region. Come and join us for enlightening historical journeys that cover our past, and our present historical heritage!
2026 Movie Series
JANUARY 15, 2026, 7:00 pm
Movie – A WQED Presentation:
“A CEMETERY SPECIAL”
narrated by WQED’S Rick Sebak
FEBRUARY 19,2026, 7:00 pm
Movie – A WQED Presentation:
“BEDFORD SPRINGS OPENING HISTORY’S DOOR”
narrated by WQED’S Rick Sebek
2026 Speaker Series (Spring)
MARCH 19, 2026, 7:00 pm
Speaker, Frank Kordalski, (from the Allegheny Foothills Historical Society) presents…
“FOLKLORE OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA”
APRIL 16, 2026, 7:00 pm
Speaker Doug Plance presents…
“HISTORIC GRAIN FARMING”
MAY 21, 2026, 7:00 pm
Speaker, Tom Powers, (from the Lawrenceville Historical Society), presents…
“BLAWNOX… ITS CENTENNIAL, AND MUCH MORE”
2026 Summer Field Trip
JUNE 2025
(SATURDAY’S DATE & TIME... TBA)
Trip to Pittsburgh’s …
“BICYCLE HEAVEN MUSEUM” (adults-$10) and the
“JOHNNY ANGEL’S ‘GINCHY STUFF’ MUSEUM” (free admission)
(Please meet in the Verona Borough Bldg. parking lot promptly at 10 am for an 11 am tour)
JULY 11 (SAT.), 2026
Trip to Pittsburgh’s…
“BAYERNHOF MUSIC MUSEUM”
($10 – Adult admission (cash only))
(Please meet promptly in the Verona Municipal Bldg. parking lot at 9:00 AM for a 10 am tour.)
AUGUST 15 (SAT.), 2026
Trip to… “RACHEL CARSON HOMESTEAD”
(Please meet promptly at the Verona Borough Bldg. parking lot at 11:00 am. The 1-hour tour begins at 12:00 PM.
Adult admission cost, TBA prior to event date)
2026 Speaker Series (Fall)
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026, 7:00 pm
Speaker, Dick Williams, from the Oakmont Historical Society) presents…
“SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE”
OCTOBER 15, 2026, 7:00 pm
Speaker Gary Rogers, (from the Oakmont Historical Society), presents…
“ALLEGHENY COUNTY WORKHOUSE”
NOVEMBER 19, 2026, 7:00 pm
Speaker, Richard Gazarik, presents…
“THE PITTSBURGH MAFIA”
Annual Social Gathering
DECEMBER 17, 2026
VHS’s ANNUAL HOLIDAY GATHERING
(DATE, TIME, & PLACE… TBA PRIOR TO THE EVENT)
