It was the whiskey industry that was selected to be taxed

so that the new government might be able to repay its war debts in 1791. 

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But the farmers of Western Pennsylvanians resisted,

calling themselves the Mingo Creek Society

and erecting liberty poles throughout the countryside 

to show their unity.

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Some lost their lives, some lost their properties.

Whiskey distillation moved away.

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223 years later,

a whiskey-loving community remembers what happened

and forges a new identity.

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And the call for whiskey lovers to join

the Inaugural Meeting of the

New Mingo Creek Society

goes out.

 

Let's erect a real liberty pole as a sign

of our unity for more good whiskey.

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