General Tadeusz Kościuszko

Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Kościuszko came from Poland to fight in America's Revolutionary War, and his brilliant work as a military engineer proved crucial to American victory. Later he served heroically in his own country's struggle for independence. During a brief return to Philadelphia, he lived at Third and Pine Streets in a house that is now the Thaddeus Kościuszko National Memorial. In honor of the U.S. Bicentennial, the people of Poland donated a bronze sculpture to the City of Philadelphia, and its base, provided by the Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia, suggests the red and white of the Polish flag.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States