Society of the Cincinnati

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Society_of_the_Cincinnati

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	secret society
gptkbp:admission	by hereditary right
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Daughters_of_the_Cincinnati gptkb:The_American_Revolution_Institute
gptkbp:annualEvent	Triennial Meeting
gptkbp:book	gptkb:The_Society_of_the_Cincinnati_Library
gptkbp:chapter	gptkb:France gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:current_president_general	gptkb:Peter_H._Drury
gptkbp:firstPresident	gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:founded	1783
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:George_Washington gptkb:Henry_Knox
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Anderson_House,_Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Society of the Cincinnati
gptkbp:influenced	Cincinnati, Ohio (city named after the society)
gptkbp:membership	descendants of officers of the Continental Army and their French counterparts
gptkbp:motto	Omnia reliquit servare rempublicam
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Lucius_Quinctius_Cincinnatus
gptkbp:notable_member	gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton gptkb:George_Washington gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
gptkbp:notableEvent	controversy over hereditary membership in early U.S. history
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:The_Eagle gptkb:The_Cincinnati_Fourteen
gptkbp:purpose	to preserve the ideals and fellowship of officers of the Continental Army
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Order_of_the_Cincinnati_(France)
gptkbp:symbol	eagle insignia
gptkbp:taxStatus	gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:type	patriotic-hereditary society
gptkbp:website	https://www.societyofthecincinnati.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton gptkb:Henry_Knox
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4