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Two beautiful works by artist Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

*Mary Countess Howe, c1765, wife of Admiral Lord Richard Howe

*The Honourable Mary Cathcart, daughter of 9th Lord Cathcart, who was Ambassador to Catherine the Great. c1775-1777

No laughing at me because a lot of you already new this I'm sure. 😲I just learned while reading "White Devil" that John Stark of Rev War fame served as a lieutenant under Robert Rogers during the French & Indian War in Colonel Joseph Blanchard's New Hampshire Regiment.

My birthday is today so I've been off SM. I returned to join GW & his guys--Greene, Sullivan, Wayne, Stephen, Smallwood, Stirling, Knox, Laurens, Hamilton, etc--as they march in 3 separate columns toward Germantown, PA to attack the British post there #OTD 1777.

@Maynardgcrabbs He suffered from gout. Although his wife, Lady Mary, was beautiful.

June 1777. Gen Arthur St. Clair was given command of Ft Ticonderoga. St. Clair’s 3000 men were naked, undisciplined & badly armed. St. Clair knew that a slow moving British force was on the lake. It didn’t occur to him that a large force would move slowly -- led by John Burgoyne.

#OTD 1783 the 1st meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati was held at Fishkill, NY. The plan for the society to maintain wartime relationships was drafted by Henry Knox. Alexander Hamilton chaired the meeting. Knox was elected secretary. GW was named president in his absence.

12-May-1780. Benjamin Lincoln surrendered Charleston, SC to the British. GW advised him to abandon the city but the civil authorities begged him to stay. Lincoln was denied the honors of war. Col John Laurens, who was there, would repay that denial at the surrender of Yorktown.

May 1781. The “War of the Posts” - After Lord Rawdon abandoned Camden, Nathanael Greene turned his attention to a string of British forts in South Carolina. He sent Lee, Marion, & Sumter on raids and the forts began falling: Fort Motte, Fort Granby, Orangeburg, & Nelson’s Ferry.

5-May-1778. The news of the Franco/American alliance reached Valley Forge. To celebrate, Steuben performed a troop review, a feu de joie was fired, an open-air church service & banquet were held. Genls' wives who attended were Martha Washington, Caty Greene & Lady Sarah Stirling.

@horry_peter He looks like the cute dog in the Grinch--Max.