I felt a lil silly and did that TikTok trend where your pupils expand when you think of "him" and I thought of YOU'LL NEVER GUESS THIS, YOU'LL BE SO SHOCKED... Baron Von Steuben and my pupils expanded by, like, 90x and I think that shows that I am TOO FAR GONE.

“In the evening I was taken to venerate the body of the deceased. This was the first deceased woman I had ever seen . She was remarkably beautiful; lay on her deathbed like a statue carved from white marble; beside her lay her newborn child, whom, it seems, she did not even carry to term, and he lived only for a few hours. The room was in twilight, everything was quiet and sad; Only the voice of the deacon could be heard, quiet and sad, chanting the Gospel.”

- Maria Fredericks, a mourner who viewed Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia as she lay in state at the Peter and Paul Fortress.

The painting is called “A Farewell to Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna,” and the artist is Carl von Steuben.

From: https://vk.com/wall-223683431_363

was researching about Von Steuben when I came across this

proving my Washette theories, Lafayette class himself Washington's adopted son...

insane things I found while researching for an essay part two

(this is from a review of a book about Von Steuben)

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

hamilton: *pouts and goes back to aide quarters*

correct me if i’m wrong but i get the feeling that baron von steuben is like, the jackson wang of the amrev fandom. cause of his gay alcohol party

Seid tolerant

Welche Rolle spielt die kulturelle Überlegenheit in einer militärischen Auseinandersetzung? Nein, die Frage ist eigentlich falsch gestellt.  Aber hätte Preussen nach dem Siebenjährigen Krieg einem homosexuellen Offizier die Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten geboten, die seinen Fähigkeiten entsprachen, wäre die militärische Katastrophe von 1806 vielleicht nie passiert. Dafür gäbe es ohne die Toleranz die…

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pride month is not over yet! let the rage out

Carl von Steuben - Portrait of an Andalusian lady (1834)

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

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

Another amazing panel from Washington’s Gay General: the legends and loves of Barron von Steuben.

Please AmRev crew, read this book. You will enjoy it.

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