Order of the Cincinnati

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The Order of the Cincinnati is a hereditary society founded in 1783 by officers of the Continental Army and their French counterparts to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the American Revolutionary War.

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Order of the Cincinnati canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary society ⓘ
patriotic organization ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
eligibilityCriteria French officers who served in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
male-line descendants of eligible officers of the Continental Army ⓘ
officers of the Continental Army who served at least three years ⓘ
officers of the Continental Army who were killed or died in service ⓘ
foundedBy French officers serving in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
officers of the Continental Army ⓘ
foundingLocation Mount Gulian, Fishkill, New York ⓘ
Newburgh, New York ⓘ
hasActivity educational programs about the American Revolutionary era ⓘ
historical research on the American Revolution ⓘ
maintenance of a library and archives at Anderson House ⓘ
preservation of Revolutionary War relics and documents ⓘ
publication of historical works on the American Revolution ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasMembershipPolicy hereditary succession through the male line ⓘ
hasMotto Omnia relinquit servare rempublicam ⓘ
hasPart French Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut ⓘ
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Georgia ⓘ
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Maryland ⓘ
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Massachusetts ⓘ
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey ⓘ
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New York ⓘ
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of North Carolina ⓘ
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of South Carolina ⓘ
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia ⓘ
hasPurpose to perpetuate the memory of the American Revolution ⓘ
to preserve the ideals of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
to promote fellowship among officers of the Revolutionary War ⓘ
to support the principles of liberty and republican government ⓘ
hasSymbol eagle insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ
hasType lineage society ⓘ
veterans’ organization (historical origin) ⓘ
headquartersLocation Anderson House, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalContext created at the end of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
inception 1783 ⓘ
influenced formation of later American hereditary and patriotic societies ⓘ
namedAfter Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus ⓘ
linked to: Cincinnatus
notableMember Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ
Henry Knox ⓘ
Nathanael Greene ⓘ

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Lafayette → decoratedWith → Order of the Cincinnati ⓘ