The second weekend of July is here, and that means it’s time for the Whiskey Rebellion Festival in downtown Washington. It commemorates the 1790s conflict that pitted farmers in western Pennsylvania against a young federal government that wanted to impose a whiskey tax in order to pay off ...

What separated the Pennsylvania farmers brewing a rebellion over a pint at the Black Bear Tavern from the actors reenacting their arguments on Main Street in Washington Saturday? Looking at the calendar, about 230 years. But by location, only 80 yards. The Whiskey Rebellion Festival ...

The 13th annual Whiskey Rebellion Festival brought music, history, food and, of course, whiskey to downtown Washington Friday and Saturday. Named after the 1790s uprising against the federal government over a whiskey tax, the festival had historic reenactors telling the story of the Whiskey ...