Welcome from the President

So was worded the first part of the Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, as written on the Hudson in the state of New York on the thirteenth day of May, 1783.  To this day, members of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati, descendants of those Revolutionary War officers, meet annually at the very site of that founding moment.  The old Verplank mansion, known as Mount Gulian, in Beacon, NY, is where it all took place and the society now assists in its upkeep as a national historic site.  There you will find a special room, set aside to commemorate the founding of the Cincinnati.with many an artifact and document from that historic period on display.

Welcome to the web site of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati.  As suggested above, the several goals of the society are to keep alive and research the history of the American Revolution, to do special honor to the memory of George Washington and to perpetuate those friendships, within each generation, first established by the original Line officers who struggled so valiantly during that long conflict.

The Society meets formally three times each year to review its activities and requests for membership and to pursue the vision of the original officers.  In addition to the Annual Meeting mentioned above and held in late Spring, we gather in February to celebrate George Washington's birthday and then again in November, at Anderson House, the National headquarters of the Cincinnati in Washington, D.C. It is a fellowship with a mission and a deep sense of being a part of the American experience.  We publish a newsletter called the N.Y Cincinnati Eagle several times a year and supplement that information source with regular emails from the president.  The goal of all of these activities is to nurture those friendships that membership provides.

This web site will attempt to answer questions concerning the nature and activities of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati, to provide the membership with news and information regarding recent and future activities and to give the general public some understanding of what we're all about.

 As ever your servant 

LTC Thomas Pelham Curtis II, USAR Ret.
President