this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2025
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Illustrations of history

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You can fucking see it in his face, too. They painted his gay smugness.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

And all earned!

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I think you might want to add the /s on that one, just to be safe.

[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

First introduced to me by the KOEI classic Liberty or Death on the SNES. This guy disciplines like whoa. Great share, Pug!

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Von Steuben looked at the Continental Army, and he didn't see a force of warriors - he saw an unruly mob of young men in dire need of some drilling!

[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

How many entendres can this man double?!

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oooooooo!!! Don't forget Polish military strategist and father of American calvary Casimir Pulaski who has, for all intents and purposes, been proven to be intersex. Queer people and folks who do not fit into the normative sex, sexual, or gender binaries have always existed and deserve to be celebrated!

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting! I knew about Pulaski, but not that they were intersex!

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As the article states, it's a VERY recent discovery. I like to pull it up whenever folks try to tell me that "people being trans is a new fad" or that "tHeRe'S OnLy TwO gEnDaRs: pEnUs aNd vAgInA."

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

All historical accounts of people outside the modern Western gender binary MUST go 😔