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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.
The traditional English pronunciation of Kosciuszko is / ˌ k ɒ z i ˈ ʌ s k oʊ / KOZ-ee-US-koh, but the pronunciation / k ɒ ˈ ʃ ʊ ʃ k oʊ / kosh-UUSH-koh is now sometimes used, [18] which is substantially closer to the Polish pronunciation [kɔɕˈt͡ɕuʂkɔ] ⓘ kosh-CHYUUSH-koh.
In 1733, the village became property of Ludwik Tadeusz Kościuszko, who lived here until 1764. On February 4, 1746, Tadeusz Kościuszko was born here, in a manor house. [1] After the Third Partition of Poland (1795), the village came under control of the Russian Empire, where it remained until 1916.
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 ...
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, U.S. Army Generals Darryl Williams & John Kolasheski and Polish Gen. Jarosław Mika applaud as Camp Kościuszko is renamed. Camp Kościuszko is the US V Corps' Forward Operating Station Poznań (FOS Poznań), Poland [1] also denoted V Corps Headquarters (Forward).
According to polish friends, the pronunciation is /KƆ ʃUkɒ/ Paul Roberton 01:41, 22 March 2009 (UTC) Here in Mississippi, we pronounce it "koz-ee-es-ko". -ALLST R echo wuz here @ 20:04, 18 May 2009 (UTC) I moved the pronunciation statement here since there's no source for it: It is locally pronounced Kah-zee-ESS-ko.
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]
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.