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PA 34 S of Carlisle, between Noble Blvd. & W Ridge St. Roadside American Revolution, Cities & Towns, Government & Politics, Whiskey Rebellion Carlisle July 30, 1947: PA 34 N of Carlisle, at PA Turnpike overpass
The land and the building were purchased by Jean (John) Bonnet in 1779 and opened as an inn and tavern, which was used as a gathering place by protesting local farmers during the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion. Protesting the federal tax on whisky, local Pennsylvanian farmers gathered to raise a Liberty pole at the tavern as a symbol of their defiance.
The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government.
Carlisle continued to play a part in the early development in the United States through the end of the century: In response to a planned march in favor of the United States Constitution in 1787, Anti-Federalists instigated a riot in Carlisle. A decade later, during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, the troops of Pennsylvania and New Jersey ...
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Black Horse Tavern was a historic tavern in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.. Black Horse Tavern was founded in 1794 by Henry Westbay, a native of Ireland. [1] That year, during the early stages of the Whiskey Rebellion, the rebels met at the Black Horse Tavern to plan attacks on federal forces. [2]
2 miles E. of Harrison City on PA Route 993 ... Carlisle Indian School: ... tax collector during the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. 100:
The speech came in the aftermath of the Whiskey Rebellion, an armed insurrection in the western counties of Pennsylvania against the federal excise tax on whiskey. In his address, Washington expressed regret that "some of the citizens of the United States have been found capable of insurrection."