Blaine House - Carlisle, PA
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N 40° 12.048 W 077° 11.345
18T E 313681 N 4452342
Historical marker located just S of the town square - on the E side of S Hanover Street.
Waymark Code: WM34PQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2008
Views: 80
This marker notes part of the role that the town of Carlisle played in 18th Century history.
The text on the marker is listed below:
Home of Gen. Ephraim Blaine, Commissary General of Revolutionary Army, stood on this site. George Washington was a guest here, Oct. 4-11, 1794, while mustering an armed force to quell Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania.
Marker Name: Blaine House
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 12/06/1949
Marker Type: City
Location: S. Hanover St. between Pomfret & High Sts., Carlisle
Category: Military, American Revolution, Whiskey Rebellion, George Washington
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