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Painting of General von Steuben, father of the US Army, hero of the American Revolutionary War, and a gay man. Happy Pride month! (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You'd be smug too with all those fabulous medals and braid and sword.

And all earned!

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

One of the battered and hungry officers at Valley Forge who saw General Von Steuben for the first time said he looked like the spitting image of "Mars, the god of war" Himself, as Von Steuben was a tall, well-fed fellow in a bright new uniform, riding in on a strong warhorse, with a pair of pistols on his belt.