Oliver Pluff & Co Whiskey Rebellion Loose Leaf Tea mint Our original design is a

Our original design is a reminder of the huge risk and critical victory by Washington and his men on Christmas Day night in 1776

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This short work is part of Applewood's "American Roots" series—tactile mementos of American passions by some of America's most famous writers

Many casual observers of Revolutionary War history are familiar with the idea that the colonial forces who faced the most formidable army and navy in the world at that time were often patched together and sometimes barely organized but strongly embodied a fierce spirit of independence

Oliver Pluff & Co Whiskey Rebellion Loose Leaf Tea mint Our original design is aIn the summer of 1794, President George Washington called out 12,950 militia to subdue violent protests by so called 'Whiskey Rebels' in Western Pennsylvania. The Rebels were farmers and whiskey distillers protesting taxes imposed on distilled spirits. The call out of the militia dispersed most of the protesters, and secured the new government's authority. In an interesting piece of history, after he left his Presidency, Washington built one of the