steuben. so a trivial point perhaps, but just so i don't have a people fuming at me afterwards i thought it would be important to address. but also i think it brings up a point about the barron's identity in this character which i would really like to address, about him as a person he is something of a mystery and he shouldn't be actually because although there are some parts of his past that he essentially cafta markey, really the barons background is fairly easily document but just hasn't been much since his last biography in 1937. because it largely his role as before he is generally thought of it as this farrell tested the prussian who shows up almost miraculously and february 1778 and teaches the troupe to stop to this note and swearing at the awkward neophyte soldiers in a mixture of french and german and english courses punctuated by the occasional goddamn and having his aides translate curses when he ran out of them. as a result i think to a certain extent he appears almost clownish, a

. >> now paul lockhart recounts an ally of baron de steuben who was responsible for training the continentalrmy and battle tactics, that training helped george washington's troops defeated the british at monmouth, stony point and yorktown. this event from the valley forge national historic park welcome center is an hour and 15 minutes. >> welcome to valley forge national historical park, i am the superintendent of valley forge and serving as special thank-you to the valley forge convention and visitors bureau as well as to the friends of valley forge park for sponsoring tonight's program. as a special welcome to those viewing on c-span. valley forge is one of over two dozen essential sides of the american revolution that our minister by the national park service. besides her the very places wherehe