George Washington arrived at Cumberland in October 1794 as President and as leader of the troops in order to put down the citizens’ revolt known as the Whiskey Rebellion. It was the first and only time that a sitting President has led troops into battle. Washington...
Washington visited Cumberland very early in his military career as a volunteer aide-de-camp to General Braddock. Washington had been Colonel in Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie’s colonial forces, but suffered a defeat where he was forced to surrender. This...
Why Washington? Why Cumberland MD? George Washington visited this area at important points in his life and career. In March 1748, during his time as a surveyor, he wrote of visiting the Cresap home at the mouth of the South Branch of the Potomac. He...
Did you know that the Allegany Museum, and our annual George Washington Whiskey rebellion Fest, are on the Distilled Spirits Council’s American Whiskey Trail? The American Whiskey Trail is a tourism initiative of the Distilled Spirits Council, its member companies,...
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