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Pressure is on to get Biden to fulfill a campaign promise before he leaves office

Usatoday 19 Nov 2024
Sharon Risher’s mother, two cousins and childhood friend ... At the federal level, death row pardons date to the country's inception, when President George Washington pardoned two people sentenced to death for their roles in the Whiskey Rebellion.
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Experts sound alarm as Trump mulls pardons for January 6 attackers

AOL 17 Nov 2024
The long list includes President George Washington, who issued a presidential pardon in 1795 to people engaged in Pennsylvania’s Whiskey Rebellion; President Gerald Ford, who gave his predecessor, ...
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Union County launches online database to help locate veteran graves

NJ 12 Nov 2024
... from 1776 to 2003, including well-known engagements like the American Revolution and lesser-known ones such as the Whiskey Rebellion and Banana Wars.
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Discovery Channel’s ‘Moonshiners’ returns with a new season - here’s how to watch for free

Penn Live 12 Nov 2024
After Mark and Digger sell a $20,000 barrel of whiskey, they realize someone has been siphoning their liquor for years; Mark plots backwoods justice after ... since the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s.
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The Pennsylvania Drum Show returns to Mickey's Black Box this month

Lancaster Online 12 Nov 2024
You can't stop the beat. The 27th annual Pennsylvania Drum Show will return for its second year at Mickey's Black Box on Sunday, Nov. 24 ... Read more in LNP ... — A 2 p.m ... — A 3 p.m ... Lancaster tie to 1794 Whiskey Rebellion subject of next History Happy Hour ... .
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Lancaster tie to 1794 Whiskey Rebellion subject of next History Happy Hour

Lancaster Online 11 Nov 2024
Tickets go on sale today, Monday, Nov. 11, for LancasterHistory’s next History Happy Hour, during which those attending can have a glass of whiskey while hearing about Lancaster’s connection to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 ... .
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Rioters who stormed Capitol after Trump's 2020 defeat toast his White House return

Chatanooga Times Free Press 08 Nov 2024
"Y'all are in trouble," he said after taking a sip in a video shared on social media. Rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan ... Trump didn't mention the Jan ... Trump's praise of Jan ... Lawyers for some Jan ... George Washington pardoned Whiskey Rebellion rebels.
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Jan. 6 Capitol rioters cheer Trump win, expecting the pardons he promised

The Los Angeles Times 08 Nov 2024
“Y’all are in trouble,” he said after taking a sip in a video shared on social media. Rioters who stormed the Capitol in the deadly attack of Jan ... The president-elect didn’t mention the Jan ... “Mr ... George Washington pardoned Whiskey Rebellion rebels ... .
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Rioters who stormed Capitol after Trump’s 2020 defeat toast his White House return

The San Diego Union-Tribune 07 Nov 2024
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN ... “Y’all are in trouble,” he said after taking a sip in a video shared on social media. Rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan ... Trump didn’t mention the Jan ... Trump’s praise of Jan ... George Washington pardoned Whiskey Rebellion rebels ... .
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Jan. 6 rioters toast Donald Trump's White House return

Toronto Sun 07 Nov 2024
“Y’all are in trouble,” he said after taking a sip in a video shared on social media.Advertisement 2. Story continues below. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below ... George Washington pardoned Whiskey Rebellion rebels ... .
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A presidential pardon for Trump is a very bad idea

The Hill 30 Oct 2024
6 ... In 1795, George Washington issued the first ever presidential pardon to two men sentenced to hang for treason based on their participation in the Whiskey Rebellion, a Pennsylvania uprising over a tax on farmer distillers ... U.S.
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Trump threatens to use the military against the ‘enemy within’

The Hill 22 Oct 2024
In 1794, President George Washington sent a federal militia to stop the Whiskey Rebellion, a violent tax revolt by farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania that threatened the new nation’s stability.
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This is the election the founding fathers (sorta) envisioned

Yahoo Daily News 11 Oct 2024
Indeed ... J D Vance ... Richard D ... "He knew that Dr ... Washington's broad political vision would significantly transform economic policy, from taxation to establishing the National Bank to suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion and implementing protective tariffs.".
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Washington’s Nightmare

The Atlantic 09 Oct 2024
In September 1794, Washington issued an official proclamation that this “Whiskey Rebellion” was an act of “treasonable opposition.” The issue, he declared, was “whether a small portion of the United ...
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Historian: Truth about Alexandria founder Alexander Fulton may shock some

Gonzales Weekly Citizen 08 Oct 2024
government put an excise tax on making liquor, resulting in the Whiskey Rebellion ... He lived here for one year as a fugitive until Washington pardoned him again along with other members of the Whiskey Rebellion.

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