George Washington - Carlisle, PA
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N 40° 12.114 W 077° 11.618
18T E 313297 N 4452474
Marker noting a visit by George Washington to this town on the way to put down the Whiskey Rebellion.
Waymark Code: WM3BDM
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/09/2008
Views: 41
The Whiskey Rebellion stemmed from an unpopular Government tax on distilled spirits* instituted in 1791 in order to generate revenue. In 1794, Federal forces marched to Western PA, making several arrests. The law turned out to be basically unenforcable & was repealed in 1803.
* gosh - aren't spirits still taxed today?
Marker text is as follows:
Here George Washington reviewed militia from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, rendezvoused at Carlisle, October 1794, before marching to the Western part of State to quell the Whiskey Rebellion.
Marker Name: George Washington
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 10/20/1949
Marker Type: City
Location: W High & West Sts., Carlisle
Category: American Revolution, George Washington, Military, Whiskey Rebellion
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