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Newburgh and the Society of the Cincinnati Legacy
The piece traces Washingtons wartime Newburgh Hasbrouck Farm camp and the creation of the Society of the Cincinnati. It details its founding on May 18 1783 at Verplanck House and Steuben, its goals for widows and orphans, hereditary membership and the gilded decorations, and the intense opposition led by Samuel Adams and Mirabeau. The article notes how critics argued it favored aristocracy and spurred political backlashes including Tammany Hall and Rhode Island disfranchisement, with Lafayette’s 1824 visit briefly rekindling interest.
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