Order of the Cincinnati

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hereditary society patriotic organization

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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Label	Occurrences
Order of the Cincinnati canonical	1

Statements (50)

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	Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: French Society of the Cincinnati Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Georgia Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Maryland Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New York Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: Society of the Cincinnati in the State of North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: Society of the Cincinnati in the State of South Carolina Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: 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	Cincinnatus ⓘ surface form: Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
notableMember	Alexander Hamilton ⓘ Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ⓘ George Washington ⓘ Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ surface form: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Henry Knox ⓘ Nathanael Greene ⓘ

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Lafayette → decoratedWith → Order of the Cincinnati ⓘ