Revolutionary Army officers form the Society of Cincinnati

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

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Civil Wars, Revolutions and Insurrections

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Date of occurrence 1783-05-13

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United States (Location)

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Following the end of the American Revolution in 1783, The Society of the Cincinnati was founded by a group of Revolutionary Army officers in order to preserve the rights and liberties for which they had fought. It was named after the Roman Cincinnatus, a citizen-soldier who declined power despite leading his country to victory in war.

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