Join us in 2011-2012 for our free programs, which begin on Wednesday, September 21st. Subjects range from steamboats to local dogs to Italian gardens and much, much more. Everyone is welcome!

 

Wednesday, September 21, 2011      7:30 p.m.      Old Sewickley Post Office
200th Anniversary of the Voyage down the Ohio & Mississippi Rivers
of the First Steamboat, “New Orleans”
 J. K. Fulmar, President, Monongahela River Buffs Association


Saturday, September 24, 2011      4:00 p.m.      Sewickley Heights History Center
 Annual Riding & Driving Party
        Antique Cars & Carriages, Equestrian Events, Cocktails, Dinner & Dancing
        Special reduced donation—$60 per person—for SVHS members. 
        Proceeds to benefit Sewickley Heights History Center
Call 412-741-4487 for further information.


Wednesday, October 12, 2011      7:30 p.m.      Old Sewickley Post Office
 The B. F. Wilson Family of Glen Osborne and Their Famous Dogs
 Richard LeBeau, AKC Judge & Canine Historian
 Heather H. Semple, Director of Art Programs, Duquesne Club
 

Thursday, November 17, 2011      7:30 p.m.      Sewickley Borough Council Chamber 
 The Sewickley-Coraopolis Bridges, 1911 & 1981: 100th and 30th Anniversaries  
Arthur W. Hedgren, Jr., Richardson Gordon & Associates, Project Engineer of the 1981 Bridge
Roger Carrier, former PennDOT District 11 Engineer
Representatives of the Committee to Save the Sewickley Bridge


Wednesday, March 14, 2012      7:30 p.m.      Old Sewickley Post Office  
 Italian Gardens of Sewickley & Pittsburgh
 Mary Menniti, The Italian Garden Project
   

Saturday, April 14, 2012      Meet at Old Sewickley Post Office at 10:30 a.m. to carpool
 Field Trip to “Woodville,” The John & Presley Neville House, Collier Township, PA


Wednesday, May 16, 2012      7:30 p.m.      Old Sewickley Post Office
Annual Meeting
 The Efforts to Preserve Pittsburgh’s Civic Arena
 Scott Leib, President, Preservation Pittsburgh   
 

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