The Whiskey Rebellion w/Todd DePastino & Dormont Historical Society

Presented in partnership with the Dormont Historical Society. Todd 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 much misunderstood today.Come 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 is founder and executive director of the Veterans Breakfast Club, which holds veterans' storytelling programs open to the public. He has a Ph.D. in American History from Yale University is author of the award winning BILL MAULDIN: A LIFE UP FRONT (W.W. Norton) and several other books.