Western Pennsylvania has seen many appearances from former Vice President Dick Cheney over the years.

Cheney, who served as as defense chief under President George H.W. Bush and then as vice president under Bush’s son, George W. Bush, died Monday at age 84.

During the early 2000s, he made several stops throughout the Pittsburgh region.

TribLive complied a list of some of Cheney’s more memorable visits from throughout the years.

July 16, 2001

In 2001, Cheney — joined by Gov. Tom Ridge, U.S. Sens. Rick Santorum and Arlen Specter and U.S. Rep. Melissa Hart — visited The Community College of Allegheny County’s Boyce campus for a nationally televised town meeting to discuss the Bush administration’s national energy plan.

The campus was alerted less than a week prior to Cheney’s arrival and school officials told TribLive reporters that they were working to get the campus cleaned and prepared to host the event.

July 19, 2002

Cheney came back to Pittsburgh a little over a year later to rally more than 300 Republicans at the Duquesne Club, which is Downtown, in support of state Sen. Tim Murphy’s campaign for Congress.

During the event, TribLive reported that Cheney called for increasing the salaries of military personnel, creating a unified department of homeland security and continuing the fight against terrorism — specifically terrorism coming from Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.

“We must never permit him (Saddam) to threaten our country with weapons of mass destruction,” Cheney said during the event.

April 18, 2004

In 2004, Cheney spoke at the National Rifle Association Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

He gave 27-minute speech touching on the war on terrorism, the economy and the rights of hunters and fishermen.

While a crowd of 4,000 people chanted “four more years,” in support of him, outside the center a crowd of about 100 protesters, including community activists and family members of shooting victims, to voice their opposition to the NRA through speeches and songs, TribLive reported.

July 4, 2004

Independence Day was the first of multiple appearances Cheney made during the month of July.

NBC reported that Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, stopped at an indoor rally at the Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial, located in Oakland, on the final day of a campaign bus trip through West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

He told the crowd that he would be back in the area again soon, according to NBC.

July 13, 2004

Later that month, Cheney gave a speech at the Omni William Penn Hotel, where he talked about the upcoming presidential election between Bush and former Sen. John Kerry, according to archives.

A full transcription of Cheney’s speech is available online.

Oct. 13, 2004

Cheney participated in a presidential debate watch party at the Embassy Suites Hotel at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Coraopolis as part of a bus tour through Western Pennsylvania.

“I thought the president did a superb job tonight. I’m delighted with where we are now, heading into the final home stretch of this campaign. We’re going to take the fight to our adversaries, wherever they may be,” Cheney said about his running mate, according to White House archives.

March 24, 2005

In 2005, following Bush’s victory over Kerry, Cheney met with former Rep. Melissa Hart at La Roche College.

During the town hall meeting they spoke about about Social Security reform, according to White House archives.

Sept. 22, 2005

In September, Cheney visited the Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station.

During his appearance the vice president thanked six men and women of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard — from the 171st Air Refueling Wing and the 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron — and two members of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard for their service in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Department of the Air Force archives.

May 2012

Cheney traveled to Ligonier Township where he went hunting at the Rolling Rock Club.

A motorcade of Secret Service, state and local police, and an ambulance led Cheney and his small entourage to the club off Route 30 where he spent the day duck hunting and shooting pheasants, according to his office.

The excursion was sponsored by Dan Cook, an investment banker who runs the Dallas office of Goldman Sachs.

Cheney made no public appearances.

Nov. 12, 2018

Several years later, Cheney spoke at the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown campus during a reception for students and the general public at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center.

Prior to the forum, Cheney told reporters he was concerned about military spending if President Donald Trump were to reverse the course of rebuilding the military, according to WJAC.

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