A look at 18th century living: Historic Hanna’s Town opens for the season

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A look at 18th century living: Historic Hanna’s Town opens for the season

Shane Dunlap | Sunday, May 5, 2024 12:01 a.m.

Shane Dunlap | TribLive

Members of Proctor’s Militia, Tom Klingensmith, at right, of New Kensington, Shawn Baird, center, from Dickerson Run, and Bob Wray, foreground, of Ford City, use manual tools and historic techniques to hew and cut wood beams for a stone brick oven that was being constructed in a historically accurate fashion by the group of volunteers on Saturday, May 4, 2024 during opening day at Hanna’s Town Historic Site in Hempfield.

Historic Hanna’s Town opened for the season Saturday with living history displays about what life was like in the 18th century.

The Revolutionary War-era site in Hempfield was established in 1773 as the first seat of government in Westmoreland County.

There are several log structures, a fortress and an education building as well as volunteers who impart knowledge about Hanna’s Town’s role in the formation of Westmoreland County.

On display were a textile exhibit and a Conestoga wagon, as well as demonstrations by Proctor’s Militia, a Revolutionary War reenactment unit. The militia then was one of the first military units formed west of the Allegheny Mountains and stood guard over the Westmoreland County frontier.

Hanna’s Town is now a county park and historic site.

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