Society of the Cincinnati was founded by Revolutionary War veteran officers becoming the 1st patriotic heredity society in America

The Society of the Cincinnati is a historical organization with branches in the United States and France founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the Revolutionary War officers and to pressure the government to honor pledges it had made to officers who fought for American independence. Now in its third century, the Society is a nonprofit historical, diplomatic, and educational organization that promotes public interest in the American Revolution through its library and museum collections, exhibitions, programs, publications, and other activities. (Wikipedia)

Signed by George Washington and Henry Knox

Erected by theNew York StateSociety of the CincinnatiTo the Memory ofAlexander Hamilton1757 - 1804Lieutenant ColonelAide de Camp to Gen. WashingtonAnd Those Other Officers of the Continental Army &amp; Navy Original Members of the Society Whose Remains are Interred in the Churchyards of Trinity ParishRichard Montgomery &nbsp;• Major-General Cont Army &nbsp;• &nbsp;Silas Talbot &nbsp;Captain Cont Navy &nbsp;• &nbsp;John Lamb &nbsp;Colonel - Second Artillery • &nbsp; Aquila Giles &nbsp; Lt.-Colonel A.D.C. to Gen St. Clair &nbsp;• &nbsp;Thomas Randall &nbsp;Captain - Third Artillery &nbsp;• &nbsp;Abel Holden &nbsp;Captain Sixth Regiment, Mass. Line &nbsp;• &nbsp;Charles McKnight &nbsp;Surgeon General of Hospitals &nbsp;• &nbsp;Horatio Gates &nbsp;Major-General Cont Army &nbsp; • &nbsp;James Nicholson &nbsp;Captain, Cont Army &nbsp; • &nbsp; Marinus Willett &nbsp;Lt. Colonel, Fifth Regiment, NY Line &nbsp;• &nbsp;E.M.B. de Rochefontaine &nbsp;Captain - Engineers &nbsp; • &nbsp; Edward Dunscomb &nbsp;Captain - Fourth Regiment N.Y. Line &nbsp;• &nbsp;John Pray &nbsp;Captain, First Regiment, Mass Line &nbsp;• &nbsp;Cornelius Swartwout &nbsp;Capt.-Lieutenant, Second Artillery &nbsp;• &nbsp;John Francis Vacher &nbsp; • &nbsp; &nbsp; Surgeon &nbsp; Fourth Regiment, N.Y. LineErected 1957 by New York State Society of the Cincinnati.

Plaque at Trinity Church

Society of the Cincinnati

Lafayette celebrated his 67th birthday with the Society of the Cincinnati at the Washington Hall Hotel, which had been built over a part of the African cemetery.