![]() “People get to sample the type of drink people actually fought over.”įor information on the Whiskey Rebellion Festival and a schedule of events, visit. It was great for mixing because there was no contamination from barrels,” Kilgore said. It was taken out of the still, bottled and sent. “Whiskey tasted a lot different than it tastes today. With appetites whetted, patrons can wander out to the nearby food area, where the Blue Eagle Tavern will serve libations.ĭown the road at the frontier fort in Washington Park, an 18th-century tavern will be set up where guests can taste period-correct concoctions and the younger set can sample non-alcoholic versions. Open-hearth food preparation will take place in the Bradford House’s outdoor kitchen. In addition to historic reenactments, period exhibitions and demonstrations, activities for children, frontier art, music and food, spirits will flow. To honor this significant period of America’s early days, The Whiskey Rebellion Festival will be held Thursday through July 10 in downtown Washington. He was eventually pardoned for his role and, as Louisiana became a territory of the United States in 1803, Bradford died in 1808 on American soil. Returning to Washington in 1797 to close his accounts and gather his family, David Bradford left the area for good. He traveled to Ohio, then to Spanish West Florida - present-day Louisiana - and set up a home. But by the time they arrived, most of the militia gave up.Īnticipating imminent arrest for his involvement, Bradford was convinced by family and friends to flee. To stop the militia, President George Washington led almost 13,000 men to the area. It was, ‘If we tell them in the capital that we have 5,000 men gathered, they’ll back off.’”īut they didn’t. “He took up for the farmers when he could have stayed out of it,” Kilgore said. Although he was opposed to violence, like setting fire to the home of the regional tax collector, and he wasn’t a distiller, therefore the tax wouldn’t affect him, Bradford became the face of the rebellion. PITTSBURGH (AP) The Whiskey Rebellion Trail just launched will connect for booze and history tourists 75-plus cultural sites and craft distilleries from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia, with lots of intoxicating views and visits in between. Bradford, who, at first, was hesitant to be a part of the rebellion, changed his mind. In those taverns, the people decided it was time to take action.Ī small militia of men formed to oppose the tax. Then, in 1791, the federal government proposed a high excise tax on whiskey. Absentee landowners and threats of Indian attacks added to the strain. In Bradford’s time, Washington residents were discontented with many aspects of living in the frontier. “This is where information was spread and news came through,” It was probably the only place you could go and class didn’t matter,” said Kilgore. ![]() Women met in coffee and tea houses, but men talked over alcohol. “Whiskey was a poor man’s drink,” Kilgore said. In the many surrounding taverns, more affordable ale and whiskey flowed. ![]() Within its walls, servants distributed costly spirits, like brandy and rum, to Bradford’s guests. ![]()
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