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Critical Thinking May 23, 2013 August 28, 2016

The Impact of General von Steuben

by Michael Schellhammer

Dear Mr. History: Does General von Steuben deserve the fantastic amount of fame he gets for training the Continental Army at Valley Forge? The…

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