March 20, 2026

Steuben: How a Disgraced Prussian Volunteer Transformed America’s Struggling Army

The featured image brings together images of Dr. Paul Lockhart and Adel Aali from the interview, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, alongside the cropped image of Dr. Lockhart’s book, "The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army".

Updated: April 7, 2026 Baron von Steuben in Valley Forge. We’ve all heard the story: a pedophile Prussian officer drilling the Continental Army in the coldest winter of the American Revolution. It’s a good story—except most of it is false, and the rest is only half true. First, his name was Baron de Steuben – […]