Society of the Cincinnati controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1783
Controversy over hereditary membership
The Society’s hereditary membership rules and exclusion of most enlisted personnel and militia officers prompted accusations that it was creating a hereditary military nobility. Pamphlets and public criticism led to debate in the United States and France and pressured Washington to seek revisions.