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This week episode 332, the Society of the Cincinnati.

Now last week we covered the final breakup of the Continental Army in 1783.

During that final year the officers and men not only suffered terrible deprivation but also came to

understand that promises made during the war involving pay, pensions, land

grants and other benefits might not be kept.

The men were also looking for a way to maintain the bonds

that they had created during the war.

In the spring of 1783, many of the officers formed the Society of the Cincinnati.

The Society is named after the Roman leader Lucious Quinches Cincinnati's.

According to his legend,

Cincinnati was a farmer who left his farm to accept an appointment

as the leader of Rome during a war. After victory in battle and

restoring peace, Cincinnati restored power to the Senate and returned to his farm.

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