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DePastino tells story of the Whiskey Rebellion at PT Library.
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| Todd DePastino |
The Peters Township Public Library will welcome guest speaker Todd DePastino for the Story of the Whiskey Rebellion on Monday, July 2 at 7:00 p.m.
DePastino tells the story of the Whiskey Rebellion, a massive armed uprising and secessionist movement in the American West, which then included Pittsburgh. Sparked by Alexander Hamilton’s excise tax on whiskey in 1791, the rebellion was the first major test of the newly constituted federal government and is misunderstood today. Come to hear about the Mingo Creek Association, the proposed independent republic of Westsylvania, “Tom the Tinker,” and General John Neville, whose mansion was burned to the ground in the “Battle of Bower Hill” in July 1794.
Todd DePastino has a Ph.D. in American History from Yale University and teaches at Waynesburg University where in 2008 he won the Lucas-Hathaway Award for Teaching Excellence.
Register at ptlibrary.org to attend this free event or call 724.941.9430 #1.
Peters Township Library
616 East McMurray Road
McMurray, PA 15317
724-941-9430
www.ptlibrary.org
Library Director: Pier Lee
