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To: hanamizu

Cincinnati, Iowa ?


13 posted on 11/30/2017 7:05:47 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Apparently, lots of Revolutionary War vets got land grants in the Northwest Territory—Ohio mainly, and Washington’s officers created the ‘Order of Cincinnatus’ to honor him.

And as an aside, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery in the territory which lets us know that the Founding Fathers recognized slavery as wrong and did what they could to limit its spread.


15 posted on 11/30/2017 7:14:47 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

The city of Cincinnati, Ohio, is named for the Society of the Cincinnati—an organization of the officers of the Continental Army (including Frenchmen who came over to help during the war), and their descendants. Three Presidents have been members—George Washington, James Monroe, and Franklin Pierce (whose father fought in the Revolutionary War). The society is still going strong—but it’s very difficult to qualify for membership.


20 posted on 11/30/2017 7:54:00 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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