Race to Resolves 5K and Hanna's Town Resolves Reenactment

Description

Program: Inaugural 5k Resolve to Race & 250^th Anniversary Hanna’s Town Resolves Reenactment Event
Presenter: 18^th Century Re-enactors
Location: Historic Hanna’s Town
Address: 809 Forbes trail Road, Greensburg, PA
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Time: 8:30 AM – Race /   11 AM – 3PM – Reenactment

The Westmoreland Historical Society (WHS) is planning special activities at Historic Hanna’s Town as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. Over the next year and a half, the WHS will help the public explore the motivations for the drive to independence and the Revolutionary War history of Westmoreland County and Southwestern Pennsylvania. Historic Hanna’s Town is the only site open to the public in Westmoreland County that focuses on the western campaign of the Revolutionary War and life on the frontier during that period.

Join us for an exciting family friendly 5K Run or Walk with a Kids Dash and then immediately following will the Resolves Reenactment event.

Inaugural 5k Race (8:30 AM)

Inaugural Resolve to Race 5K Run/Walk & Kids’ Dash welcomes runners, walkers, kids, and families who want to dash into history on May 17, 2025 at Historic Hanna’s Town in Greensburg PA. This community event commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Hanna’s Town Resolves, a bold precursor to the Declaration of Independence and welcomes everyone.  

The Inaugural Resolve to Race is a 5K road race that will begin and end at Historic Hanna’s Town in Greensburg. The Kids’ Dash begins at 8:30 am, 5K assembles at 8:50 am and starts at 9:00 am. Walkers will begin at 9:05 am. We hope this will become an annual event to honor the history of Westmoreland and the beauty of the Westmoreland County Park at Historic Hanna’s Town.  A Kids’ Dash at the Fort will have gift bags for all participants 9-years-old and under. There will be awards for Top Female & Male finishers according to age groups.

There will be prizes for the best Red, White & Blue or colonial outfits! You are guaranteed a commemorative t-shirt if you register by May 5, 2025.  Shirts will be available after that day, only while supplies last.  Parking is free and on-site. Race strollers are permitted, but please no pets. Stay after the race to tour the Fort and Historic Site, visit the Liberty Tree, see the Cut from the Same Cloth historical fashion exhibit, enjoy the walking trails, and see the reenactment of the Hanna’s Town Resolves.

To sign up or donate to the 5k Race, please go to: https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Greensburg/ResolveToRace5K

Resolves Event (11AM – 3PM)

As we begin the commemoration of America’s 250^th birthday, a special event will take place at Historic Hanna’s Town on Saturday May 17, 2025, to honor the 250^th anniversary of the Hanna’s Town Resolves, a bold precursor to the Declaration of Independence.

News of the events at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, reached the frontier of Western Pennsylvania in mid-May.  The residents of Westmoreland County gathered at Hanna’s Town on May 16, 1775, to discuss how they should react to these events.

They drafted the “Hanna’s Town Resolves”, where they unanimously declared their willingness to fight and protect their rights but stopped short of declaring independence from Great Britain.  This May 17th, reenactors will give a plausible recreation of the discussion based on our knowledge of the culture and motivations revealed in other writings of the 18^th century residents of Westmoreland County.

Bring your friends and family to learn about the frontier’s role in the push for independence.  Enjoy reenactments of the Resolves’ adoption and special living history demonstrations and displays featured that day from 11AM – 3PM. 

FREE EVENT

Keep up to date on activities and events on our website www.westmorelandhistory.org, on Facebook and on Instagram @WestmorelandHistory

“Before the Declaration, Westmoreland had resolve…and we still do!