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GUESS WHAT!?

In 2 days ..

DU PONCEAU'S BIRTHDAY!!!! THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN OMG

(there's been A LOT of Du Ponceau on my acc lately-)

IMPORTANT!!!!

TOMORROW, JUNE 3RD, IS THE BIRTHDAY OF PIERRE-ETIÉNNE/PETER-STEPHEN DU PONCEAU!!!!

DU PONCEAU WAS A FRENCH-AMERICAN LINGUIST AND LAWYER, AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY!!! HE WAS THE FIRST MAJOR WESTERN LINGUIST TO STUDY ASIAN AND INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, AND EVEN COINED TWO MAJOR LINGUISTIC TERMS STILL USED TODAY!!! DU PONCEAU WAS ALSO HEAVILY SPECULATED TO HAVE BEEN BISEXUAL, AND TOMORROW IS BISEXUAL PRIDE DAY!!! EVERYONE TOLD HIM TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BUT HE DIDNT, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WASNT WORTH REMEMBERING!!! LETS SHOW HIM THAT HE WAS!!!!

Reblog this to show pretty boy that he was so worth remembering.

Guys I just finished Du Ponceau's autobiography and I actually just need some time to mourn during that process I went from stanning him to becoming emotionally attached to him and then the ending just actually murdered me that stabbed me in the heart, I need to plant roses for him this June omg no I actually just need a break <33333

Chat here's some sketches I made in history class, do we fw them????

(we got out of character Robesmoulins yaoi (maybe I'll post the full pic tho idk), poorly drawn Von Steuben my beloved, and pretty boi Du Ponceau or something :3)

Du Ponceau is such a pretty boy (I actually CANT draw haha)

Message for amrev/hist. Lams Tumblr!

Let's talk about Du Ponceau portrayal. Du Ponceau isn't girly, he's soft. Du Ponceau isn't a pushover, he's kind. Du Ponceau isn't semi-bilingual, he's fluent in around 10-12 languages, and learned English as a small child, pursuing it since, even being mocked for it in school. Du Ponceau isn't a goddamn plaything. If you want to portray him as Von Steuben's partner, do it, but don't forget that homosexuality was fully illegal in the 18th century, even if they were around safer people at Valley Forge. Du Ponceau isn't stupid, he's curious. Du Ponceau isn't a throwaway filler character with zero trauma and no real life, he's one of the most complicated historical figures in the fandom, I'd say. It feels weird to call real people a fandom, but please take this into consideration.

I'm crying because I lost my anxiety management book but here's a sketch of the pretty boy (ft. Tumblr quality)