Was this Revolutionary War hero America's first openly gay general?
Hailed as the architect of drilling and discipline that continue to shape the U.S. Army today, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben is honored by many.
Gen. George Washington wrote a fawning letter to von Steuben, his last in the final hours of Washington's commission on Dec. 23, 1783, 'to signifie in the strongest terms my entire approbation of your conduct,' after years of von Steuben's faithful service.
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