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Statue Of Tadeusz Kościuszko (Washington, D.C.)
''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.), Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., to honor foreign-born heroes of the American Revolutionary War. Born in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1746, Kościuszko later received education at a Jesuit school before attending the Corps of Cadets (Warsaw), Corps of Cadets in Warsaw. He later traveled to France where he studied in military academy libraries and adopted views of human liberty during the Age of Enlightenment. He moved to the Thirteen Colonies in 1776, where the war with the Kingdom of Great Britain had already begun. Kościuszko served as an engineer in the Continental Army, earning the praise of his superiors, including General George Washington. After his important assistance during the war, Kościuszko traveled back to his homeland, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lafayette Square (Washington, D
Lafayette Square may refer to several places in the United States: *Lafayette Square, Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, California *Lafayette Square (Savannah, Georgia), one of Savannah's 22 city squares *Lafayette Square Mall, Indianapolis, Indiana *Lafayette Square (New Orleans), in the Central Business District, New Orleans, Louisiana *Lafayette Square (Baltimore), Maryland *Lafayette Square, Cambridge, part of the Central Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts *Lafayette Square, St. Louis, a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri ** Lafayette Square Historic District (St. Louis) *Lafayette Square (Buffalo), New York State **Lafayette Square station *Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., northernmost part of President's Park **Lafayette Square Historic District, Washington, D.C. The Lafayette Square Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Washington, D.C., encompassing a portion of the original L'Enfant Plan for the city's core. It includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |