Veterans Breakfast Club: Beaver County (Seven Oaks)

On September 2, 2015, the Veterans Breakfast Club held a storytelling breakfast at Seven Oaks Country Club in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The event was hosted by VBC executive director Todd DePastino.  Audiography: Kevin Farkas and Bryan Chemini, Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative. This program features the stories and voices of Lee Corfield, Betty Butera, Larry Googins, …

Veteran Voices Interview: In My Own Words (Tony Sercel)

DESCRIPTION: “During WWII, Tony Sercel of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania served with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division in Europe. This interview is a production of The Social Voice Project’s Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative, in partnership with the nonprofit Veterans Breakfast Club and Carnegie Free Library, Beaver Falls. It was recorded June 19, 2013 at …

AVH Podcast (Ep07) – Jim Thomas – AKVHS

Jim Thomas Allegheny-Kiski Valley Historical Society & Heritage Museum On episode 7 of the Allegheny Valley History Podcast, we visit with Jim Thomas of the Allegheny Valley Historical Society & Heritage Museum in Tarentum, Pennsylvania.  We talk about the origins of the museum, its stunning 1930s art-deco style building, amazing industrial heritage exhibits, its connection …