Whiskey Rebellion Festival returns to downtown Washington
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A mock tarring and feathering of a reenactor playing a tax collector is a highlight of the Whiskey Rebellion Festival. [Brad Hundt]
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Sheep from Ross Farms in North Bethlehem Township were displayed outside the LeMoyne House during the Whiskey Rebellion Festival. [Brad Hundt]
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Alex Brown plays the violin on the street outside the Bradford House in downtown Washington during the Whiskey Rebellion Festival Saturday afternoon. [Brad Hundt]
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Country singer Michael McKenzie, from Shippensburg, was one of the musicians who played at the Whiskey Rebellion Festival. [Brad Hundt]
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A crowd listens to Jason Dille as he plays David Bradford. [Brad Hundt]
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Jason Dille plays David Bradford, a leader in the Whiskey Rebellion, during the Whiskey Rebellion Festival in downtown Washington Saturday. [Brad Hundt]
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A Liberty Bell sculpture called “The American Spirit” was displayed in the American Spirit Hall during the Whiskey Rebellion Festival. It was painted by Canonsburg artist James Sulkowski. [Brad Hundt]
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Kathy Wells, left, and Lori Tolbert work with a tape loom at the American Spirit Hall during the Whiskey Rebellion Festival. Wells and Tolbert are both members of the Applegate School of Needlework in Beaver County. [Brad Hundt]
The Whiskey Rebellion Festival returned to downtown Washington Friday and Saturday, bringing food, music, historical reenactors and more. It all commemorates the 1790s Whiskey Rebellion, which saw farmers in western Pennsylvania rising up against the federal government over an excise tax on spirits to help pay for debts incurred by the Revolutionary War.