Author: William Sturgis ThomasPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Members of the Society of the Cincinnati, Original, Hereditary and Honorary
Author: William Sturgis ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Proceedings of the General Society of the Cincinnati
Author: Society of the CincinnatiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati
Author: Clifford Stanley SimsPublisher:
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Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati
Author: Society of the CincinnatiPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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The Society of the Cincinnati
Author: Markus HünemörderPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781845451073
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
In 1783, the officers of the Continental Army created the Society of the Cincinnati. This veterans' organization was to preserve the memory of the revolutionary struggle and pursue the officers' common interest in outstanding pay and pensions. Henry Knox and Frederick Steuben were the society's chief organizers; George Washington himself served as president. Soon, a nationally distributed South Carolina pamphlet accused the Society of treachery; it would lead to the creation of a hereditary nobility in the United States and subvert republicanism into aristocracy; it was a secret government, a puppet of the French monarchy; its charitable fund would be used for bribes. These were only some of the accusations made against the Society. These were, however, unjustified. The author of this book explores why a part of the revolutionary leadership accused another of subversion in the difficult 1780s, and how the political culture of this period predisposed many leading Americans to think of the Cincinnati as a conspiracy.
The Property of the Nation
Author: Matthew R. CostelloPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700633367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
George Washington was an affluent slave owner who believed that republicanism and social hierarchy were vital to the young country’s survival. And yet, he remains largely free of the “elitist” label affixed to his contemporaries, as Washington evolved in public memory during the nineteenth century into a man of the common people, the father of democracy. This memory, we learn in The Property of the Nation, was a deliberately constructed image, shaped and reshaped over time, generally in service of one cause or another. Matthew R. Costello traces this process through the story of Washington’s tomb, whose history and popularity reflect the building of a memory of America’s first president—of, by, and for the American people. Washington’s resting place at his beloved Mount Vernon estate was at times as contested as his iconic image; and in Costello’s telling, the many attempts to move the first president’s bodily remains offer greater insight to the issue of memory and hero worship in early America. While describing the efforts of politicians, business owners, artists, and storytellers to define, influence, and profit from the memory of Washington at Mount Vernon, this book’s main focus is the memory-making process that took place among American citizens. As public access to the tomb increased over time, more and more ordinary Americans were drawn to Mount Vernon, and their participation in this nationalistic ritual helped further democratize Washington in the popular imagination. Shifting our attention from official days of commemoration and publicly orchestrated events to spontaneous visits by citizens, Costello’s book clearly demonstrates in compelling detail how the memory of George Washington slowly but surely became The Property of the Nation.
The Society of the Cincinnati, 1783-1935
Author: William Sturgis ThomasPublisher:
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Category : Patriotic societies
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati
Author: Charles Lukens DavisPublisher:
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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The Order of the Cincinnati in France
Author: Asa Bird GardinerPublisher:
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Category : French
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Society of the Cincinnati
Author: Society of the CincinnatiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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