pride month is not over yet! let the rage out

Just saw someone on Quora saying that there weren't any queer figures in the American Revolution, and oh mah GAWD I yapped on for so long that my phone gained 67% more battery in that time.

Me and mah lil ol' yassified Steuben pfp yapped about lams and all the other ga-*GUYS for so, so so long😭

Anyways, tags go brr.

*burr

Baron von Steuben did not rawdog unwashed American twinks as apart of their training regimen for you guys to be homophobic 😡

went down a research rabbit hole of potentially queer figures in early america last night (largely von steuben and co. but yk) and found out that hercules mulligan's son, john mulligan, and john adams son, charles adams, were maybe lovers ???? and part of the reason john adams threatened to disown charles was because of their relationship ???? which i just thought was a crazy piece of lore i had never heard before and if anyone has any information about that i'd love to hear it because all i could really find was "they lived together before jadams forced them to split up and then baron von steuben invited them to live with him, which only jmulligan accepted"

Blorbo from my history textbook

its gotten to a point in my life where my friends will send me memes of random "old guy paintings" and just assume that i know who they are

what is worse is that i DO know who they all are and understand the meme

du ponceau: welcome to von steuben's pantsless party! no bottoms allowed

hamilton: *pouts and goes back to aide quarters*

New York State Society of the Cincinnati, on the death of Alexander Hamilton

At a special meeting of the the State Society of the Cincinnati, held at Ross's Hotel in Broad-street, in the City of New-York, on Tuesday, the 17th day of July, 1804: This Society, deeply afflicted by the death of their President-General, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, and earnestly desirous of testifying the high respect they feel for his memory (bowing with submission to the mysterious Will of Heaven) and feeling the deepest affliction at an event which has deprived them of their most illustrious Member—their Country of its most enlightened and useful Statesman—and the world of one of those extraordinary Men, which ages have rarely produced; unanimously agree to the following Resolutions: I. Resolved, That a letter be drafted and addressed to the Vice-President-General of the Society, and Circular Letters to the several State Societies, announcing this sad event, the deep and universal sorrow it has occasioned in this Society, and amongst their fellow-citizens of every description; and that the Rev. Mr. Linn, General Clarkson, Mr. Dunscomb, Mr. Hardie, and Col. Platt, be a Committee to draft such letters. II. Resolved, That the said Committee draft a letter of condolence to Mrs. Hamilton, which letter and letters, when prepared, are to be signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary of the Society. III. Resolved, That Gen. Clarkson, Mess'rs Watson and Burrel, be a Committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Mason, and request him to prepare and deliver an Oration on the 31st instant, in honour of the Talents, the Virtues, and eminent Services of that Great Man whose loss we deplore; and that the said Committee make such arrangements as may be proper on the occasion. IV. Resolved, That a Monument be erected in Trinity Church, by this Society, to the memory of Alexander Hamilton, its late President-General, with a suitable Inscription; and that Mr. Gouverneur Morris, the Rev. Dr. Linn, and Mr. Morton, be a Committee to carry this resolution into effect. V. Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be presented to Mr. Gouverneur Morris, for his prompt compliance with their wishes, in delivering an Eulogium at the Funeral Ceremonies of their deceased President-General, Alexander Hamilton. VI. Resolved, That the several Resolutions passed at this meeting, be transmitted to the Vice-President-General of the Society, and to the respective State Societies, and be also published. W. S. SMITH, President.

W. POPHAM, Secretary.

Source — Library of Congress, Digital Collections, manuscript/mixed material. Image 8 of Alexander Hamilton Papers: Family Papers, 1737-1917; 1804-1805

The New York State Society of Cincinnati - also known as The Society of the Cincinnati - is a fraternal hereditary society founded on June 9, 1783, to commemorate the American Revolutionary War that saw the creation of the United States. In order to perpetuate their fellowship, the founders made membership hereditary. [x] The Society has had three goals; “To preserve the rights so dearly won; to promote the continuing union of the states; and to assist members in need, their widows, and their orphans.” To achieve these aims, the Society called on its members to contribute a month's pay. George Washington was the first president general of the Society. The army's chief of artillery, Henry Knox, was the chief author of the Institution.

The organization was named after, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a farmer who left his farm to serve as a Roman Consul and Magister Populi (With temporary powers similar to that of a modern-era dictator). In response to a military emergency, he took over the city of Rome as a legitimate dictator. After the conflict, he gave the Senate back the initiative and resumed cultivating his fields. This philosophy of unselfish service is reflected in the Society's motto; He gave up everything to keep the Republic alive, or Omnia reliquit servare rempublicam.

The Society of the Cincinnati was founded by officers at the Continental Army encampment at Newburgh, like Major General Henry Knox. The first meeting of the Society was held in the May of 1783 at a dinner at the Verplanck House Fishkill, New York, (Which was Baron Von Steuben's headquarters during the Revolution) before the British evacuation from New York City. The meeting was presided over by Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, with Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton serving as the orator. The participants agreed to stay in contact with each other after the war. Mount Gulian is considered the birthplace of the Society of the Cincinnati, where the Institution was formally adopted on May 13, 1783. To this day the members of the organization meet annually at the Verplanck homestead. It is modernly known as The Mount Gulian historic site and looks very much as it did in 1783. There you will find the Cincinnati Gallery, dedicated to the New York State Society, with displays, artifacts, and documents illustrating the founding and activities of the Society during its continuous existence since 1783. Read more here.

While the NYSSOTC did erect the famous white monument on top of the grave of Hamilton, [x] in 1957 they erected another monument in Financial District in Manhattan in New York County engraved with; “To the Memory of Alexander Hamilton 1757 - 1804. Lieutenant Colonel, Aide de Camp to Gen. Washington And Those Other Officers of the Continental Army & Navy Original Members of the Society Whose Remains are Interred in the Churchyards of Trinity Parish” [x]

how amrev figures would respond to you asking their pronouns bc even tho this has probably been done before, all of my opinions are right and i preach the gospel /j

*disclaimer: this is a joke really only meant for my mutuals but whatever idrc. do not take this seriously. see this post before responding pls tysm ily*

washington: oh, he/him i suppose..

hamilton: who’s asking 🤨

jefferson: he/him!!! you know i actually just read a book about the neurology of gender-

madison: …um… jefferson, what are my “pronouns”?

laurens: the male ones 😐 im clearly a man, a straight man(*internalized homophobia and transphobia*)

lafayette: whatever you’d like to use! i really don’t mind ☺️

tilghman: uh he??? im not sure what to say 😅 whichever ones washington uses i guess

eliza hamilton: she/her, darling. what are yours?

dolley madison: she/they. go ask james, i want to see if he knows what they are

martha washington: hm well i suppose they would be she/her

benjamin franklin: he/him, you know when i was a young man- *some useless story with a moral that doesn’t make sense*

baron von steuben: he/him for strangers, they/he for friends 😉

adams: i dont have “pronouns”, im a man

burr: 👁👁

abraham woodhull: um… *reads the back of his hand* hel him?

benjamin tallmadge: he/him. is there anything else i can help you with?

henry laurens: you must be from london *shakes head in disappointment*

BBC ghosts has Kitty supporting same sex marriage and in CBS ghosts there is the Nigel x Issac ship. What is interesting is that there are LGBT figures that were contemporaries of Kitty, Nigel and Issac

Baron von Steuben: Prussian general who turned a ragtag volunteer army into a professionally trained one who can march the professionalism of the British army

Public universal friend: preacher who is one of the earliest example of a non-binary person

Fredrick the great: king of Prussia know for his military successes

Chevalière d'Éon: French trans woman who was a diplomat, spy, and soldier. Opened a fencing school.

(amrev) Book pile got a new addition today AYYY

(thx Hannah :33)

Amrev… but it’s Spongebob out of context !!

anybody have any good book recs about baron von steuben?

RS: Sir you gotta stop being gay. You are going to get arrested.

Baron Von Steuben: Miss me with the dumb shit.

RS: WHAT DUMB SHIT!?!? THE LAW!?!?