This area was a center of protest during the Whiskey Rebellion. A riot occurred at the Berlin schoolhouse in June 1794. In September, according to local historians, Robert Philson raised a liberty pole at his log store on the square; he advised . . . — — Map (db m21554) HM
On Main Street at Diamond Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Active in and arrested during the Whiskey Rebellion - 1794
Member of the PA. Assembly - 1798
Commissioned Associate Judge of Somerset Co. 1800. Served 20 years
Commissioned Brigadier General of PA. Militia May 9, 1800
Served in the War . . . — — Map (db m82059) HM
On Meadow Street at Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling north on Meadow Street.
In honor of the men and women who serve in the armed forces of our country honorably preserving our freedom and our way of life. — — Map (db m21551) HM
On Glades Pike (Pennsylvania Route 31) west of Commisary Road, on the left when traveling west.
(Front)
These Colors Will Never Run
KIA - Killed In Action
DOI - Died of Injury
MIA - Missing In Action
PH - Purple Heart for Wounded In Action
OLC - Second Time Wounded In Action
BC - Battlefield Commission to . . . — — Map (db m229797) WM
On Glades Pike (Pennsylvania Route 31) 0.1 miles west of Deeter Gap Road (County Route 1013), on the left when traveling west.
John Deeter, Revolutionary War Vet and pioneer, settled here in 1783. He sawed lumber, cut millstones and farmed along Deeter's Run, highest headwater of the West Branch of the Juniata River. — — Map (db m97017) HM
On Glades Pike (Pennsylvania Route 31) 0.1 miles east of Brotherton Road (Pennsylvania Route 1005), on the left when traveling east.
One of Pennsylvania's most noted jurists and lawyers, was born here Jan. 10, 1810. State Supreme Court Justice, 1851-57; U.S. Attorney-General, 1857-60. Later life spent at York as a famous lawyer. Died Aug. 19, 1883. — — Map (db m21556) HM
