Pronunciation

Hi Alan,

To clarify why Western New Yorker pronounce it the way we do is: von Steuben the German General who came here during the Revolutionary War to help General George Washington by training the troops in warfare. Washington like many of the troops were farmers and didn’t know anything about warfare. Well after the war Steuben stayed here in New York outside of Albany. To honor him over 200 yrs ago the State named our county after him. We pronoun it our way because on paper it looked like stew & ben so we pronounce it in that manor not knowing the correct pronunciation. Steuben was very instrumental in the winning of the war and deserved that honor. Hope that helps knowing its history. That is also why the Steuben Glass company was named after the county to continue in that honor.

Beth Shaut

Naming Rights

from Lu Yocum

Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Steuben (born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as the Baron von Steuben, was a Prussian and American military officer. He served as inspector general and major general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is credited with being one of the fathers of the Continental Army in teaching them the essentials of military drills, tactics, and disciplines.[1] He wrote Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, the book that served as the standard United States drill manual until the War of 1812. He served as General George Washington’s chief of staff in the final years of the war.

Steuben County, New York was named after him.

Windmill Logo

The ebay link that I provided the other day shows a matchbook with the same typeface and a windmill logo as Lisa’s plate and a windmill logo . I think that would pretty much settle that the plate came from the Steuben Restaurant and Vienna Room, 114 Boylston Street Boston MA

Margaret Malloy