Editing Whiskey Rebellion (section)

=== In popular culture ===
[[File:Susanna Rowson crop.jpg| 100px|left | thumb |Susanna Rowson]]

Soon after the Whiskey Rebellion, actress-playwright [[Susanna Rowson]] wrote a stage musical about the insurrection entitled ''The Volunteers'', with music by composer [[Alexander Reinagle]]. The play is now lost, but the songs survive and suggest that Rowson's interpretation was pro-Federalist. The musical celebrates as American heroes the militiamen who put down the rebellion, the "volunteers" of the title.<ref>{{cite book | first = Anita | last = Vickers | title = The New Nation | series = American Popular Culture Through History | date = 2009 | page =  213 | isbn = 978-0-313-31264-9 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=91Wq24OwLWgC}}</ref> President Washington and [[Martha Washington]] attended a performance of the play in Philadelphia in January 1795.<ref>{{cite book | first = Susan | last = Branson | title = These Fiery Frenchified Dames: Women and Political Culture in Early National Philadelphia | publisher = University of Pennsylvania Press | date = 2001 | page = 181 }}</ref>

[[W. C. Fields]] recorded a comedy track in [[Les Paul]]'s studio in 1946, shortly before his death, entitled "The Temperance Lecture" for the album ''W. C. Fields&nbsp;... His Only Recording Plus 8 Songs by Mae West''. The bit discussed Washington and his role in putting down the Whiskey Rebellion, and Fields wondered aloud whether "George put down a little of the vile stuff too."<ref name="Smith1998">{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Ronald L.|title=Comedy Stars at 78 RPM: Biographies and Discographies of 89 American and British Recording Artists, 1896–1946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiJaAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-0462-9|page=59}}</ref>

[[L. Neil Smith]] wrote the [[alternate history]] novel ''[[The Probability Broach]]'' in 1980 as part of his [[North American Confederacy]] Series. In it, [[Albert Gallatin]] joins the rebellion in 1794 to benefit the farmers, rather than the fledgling US government as he did in reality. This results in the rebellion becoming a Second American Revolution. This eventually leads to George Washington being overthrown and executed for treason, the abrogation of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]], and Gallatin being proclaimed the second president and serving as president until 1812.<ref>John J. Pierce, ''When World Views Collide: A Study in Imagination and Evolution'' (Greenwood Press, 1989), 163.</ref><ref>Peter Josef Mühlbauer, "Frontiers and dystopias: Libertarian ideology in science fiction", in Dieter Plehwe et al., eds., ''Neoliberal Hegemony: A Global Critique'' (Taylor & Francis, 2006), 162.</ref>

[[David Liss]]' 2008 novel ''[[The Whiskey Rebels]]'' covers many of the circumstances during 1788–92 that led to the 1794 Rebellion.  The fictional protagonists are cast against an array of historical persons, including [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[William Duer (Continental Congressman)|William Duer]], [[Anne Bingham]], [[Hugh Henry Brackenridge]], [[Aaron Burr]], and [[Philip Freneau]].

In 2011, the Whiskey Rebellion Festival was started in [[Washington, Pennsylvania]].  This annual event is held the 2nd weekend in July and includes live music, food, and historic reenactments, featuring the "tar and feathering" of the tax collector.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wpxi.com/news/washington-co-festival-marks-whiskey-rebellion/201550336|title=Washington Co. Festival Marks Whiskey Rebellion|publisher=[[WPXI]]|date=August 1, 2011|access-date=March 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.whiskeyrebellionfestival.com/about.html|title= 2015 Whiskey Rebellion Festival|publisher= Whiskey Rebellion Festival|access-date= February 11, 2017|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135616/http://www.whiskeyrebellionfestival.com/about.html|archive-date= April 2, 2015|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Flag of the Whiskey Rebellion.svg|thumb|right|"Whiskey Rebellion Flag" purported to have been used by the rebels]]

A purported flag of the rebels, a blue banner with 13 white stars and an eagle holding a red and white ribbon, has become popular in [[Libertarianism|Libertarian]] circles, and with those dissatisfied with the federal government in general. However, due to the design of the flag, having 13 stars when there were 15 states, and the lack of primary sources with an account of the flag's use, has led historians to speculate the flag might have either never have existed, was made in 1894 for the 100th anniversary, or was used by Federal forces.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Whiskey Rebellion - History, Causes, & More - Gentlemen Ranters |url=https://www.gentlemenranters.com/whiskey-rebellion/ |website=www.gentlemenranters.com |access-date=October 9, 2023 |date=March 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Whiskey Rebellion: Definition, Causes & Flag |url=https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/whiskey-rebellion#whiskey-rebellion-flag |website=[[History (American TV network)|History]] |access-date=October 9, 2023 |language=en |date=June 21, 2023}}</ref>

Other works which include events of the Whiskey Rebellion:

* ''[[The Latimers|The Latimers: A Tale of the Western Insurrection of 1794]]'' by clergyman [[Henry Christopher McCook]] (1898)
* ''[[The Delectable Country]]'' by Leland Baldwin (1939)
* {{Annotated link|Copper Kettle|"Copper Kettle"}}, also recorded by [[Chet Atkins]], [[Bob Dylan]], and [[Gillian Welch]]
* Margery Evendern's young adult novel ''[[Wilderness Boy]]'' (1955)