Author tells how Addison played a part in the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794

Madolin Edwards, The Daily American
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The Whiskey Rebellion will be the topic of conversation Sept. 16, when Brady Crytzer, author of "The Whiskey Rebellion: A Distilled History of an American Crisis," will be at the Methodist Church Social Hall in Addison.

Sponsored by the Old Petersburg/Addison Historical Society, the book signing and talk from 7-8 p.m., will show how Petersburg (Addison) played a role in the Whiskey Rebellion.

The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, was an uprising of settlers rebelling against the liquor tax. The government established federal authority by using the military inside the state boundaries of western Pennsylvania to squelch the uprising.

Whiskey Rebellion troops traveled the Cumberland Road, now known as the National Road, to Southwestern Pennsylvania to quell the uprising. The Maryland military line, headed up by Brig. Gen. Sam Smith of Baltimore, Maryland, and the Virginia troops, headed up by Gen. Daniel Morgan, traveled along the National Road, which brought them right through Addison. Main Street is where they camped both going to and returning from Southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Frontier history specialist

Crytzer teaches history at Robert Morris University. His book was listed as one of "The Books to Read" by the Wall Street Journal in 2023. A specialist in frontier history, Crytzer is the host of the weekly hit podcast "Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution." Crytzer has appeared on Sirius/XM and on the hit cable series Into the Wild Frontier on NBC Peacock as a narrator and consultant. He is the host of the Telly Award-winning series Battlefield Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvania Cable Network.

Crytzer is the winner of the Donna J. McKee and Donald S. Kelly awards for outstanding scholarship and service in history. His work has been featured in the Journal of the American Revolution, American History Magazine, American Frontiersman Magazine, The Journal of the Early Republic, Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine, Game News and Muzzleloader Magazine.

The church is at 669 Main St., in Addison.

This article originally appeared on The Daily American: Author tells how Addison played a part in the Whiskey Rebellion