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Caly 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦
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Singer. Musician. Artist. Catholic. Bibliophibian. Lover of command line interfaces and Gregorian chant. Unapologetically outspoken. Euouae.
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Hehe.

Under the late 1700s don't ask, don't tell; he was just too valuable to be executed for being flamboyantly himself. Valley Forge Historical Park could be considered his shrine.

www.thecollector.com/baron-von-st...
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding | TheCollector
Homosexuality was punishable by death in all 13 of the new United States. One man, however, was deemed far too valuable to lose to “rumors.”
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March 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM