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Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko [note 1] (English: Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; [note 2] 4 or 12 February 1746 – 15 October 1817) was a Polish military engineer, statesman, and military leader who then became a national hero in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, and Belarus.
Tadeusz Kościuszko taking the oath, 24th March 1794 "Battle of Racławice", Jan Matejko, oil on canvas, 1888, National Museum in Kraków. 4 April 1794 Battle of Szczekociny, 1794 by Michał Stachowicz Hanging traitors in effigie, painting by Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine Kościuszko at Maciejowice 1794, by Jan Bogumił Plersch.
There are Thaddeus Kosciuszko Parks in Dublin, Ohio and Stamford, Connecticut. The Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago has a Kosciuszko Park , as does East Chicago , Indiana . Equestrian statues of him can be found at Kosciuszko Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , across from the Polish Basilica of St. Josaphat , Chicago's Museum Campus on ...
Brigadier General Thaddeus Kościuszko is a bronze statue honoring Polish military figure and engineer Tadeusz Kościuszko. The sculpture was dedicated in 1910, the third of four statues in Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., to honor foreign-born heroes of the American Revolutionary War.
Kościuszko's Monument is a pedestal and statue of Polish General Tadeusz Kościuszko at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.Kościuszko designed the defenses of the West Point garrison from 1778–1780 during the height of the Revolutionary War, when George Washington considered West Point to be the most important military post in America. [1]
Battle of Racławice on a 19th-century sketch by Michał Stachowicz. The Battle of Racławice was one of the first battles of the Kościuszko Uprising against Russia.It was fought on 4 April 1794 near the village of Racławice in Lesser Poland.
The Proclamation of Połaniec (also known as the Połaniec Manifesto; Polish: Uniwersał Połaniecki), issued on 7 May 1794 by Tadeusz Kościuszko near the town of Połaniec, was one of the most notable events of Poland's Kościuszko Uprising, and the most famous legal act of the Uprising.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko House in May 1972, prior to its restoration. Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial preserves the home of Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Kościuszko at 301 Pine Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The life and work of the Polish patriot and hero of the American Revolution are commemorated here.