Whiskey Point
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Gosffo
N 40° 12.009 W 079° 55.355
17T E 591699 N 4450528
What American would refuse to pay taxes?????????
Waymark Code: WM42D6
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2008
Views: 56
Marker Text:
The bluff at Main St. and Park Ave. was the site on Aug. 14, 1794, of a meeting of 226 whiskey rebels. Albert Gallatin's eloquence turned the tide, resulting in peaceful ending of the Whiskey Rebellion and the possibility of civil strife
Marker Name: Whiskey Point
County: Washington
Date Dedicated: 05/26/1949
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 136 at First St.., Monongahela
Category: Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Military, Whiskey Rebellion
Website: [Web Link]
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