This is a list of things named after
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko ( be, Andréj Tadévuš Banavientúra Kasciúška, en, Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; 4 or 12 February 174615 October 1817) was a Polish Military engineering, military engineer, statesman, an ...
, in
his commemoration.
Places
Australia
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Kosciuszko National Park
The Kosciuszko National Park () is a national park and contains mainland Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko, for which it is named, and Cabramurra, the highest town in Australia. Its borders contain a mix of rugged mountains and wildern ...
, New South Wales
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Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia (not including its external territories)
United States
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Kosciusko, Mississippi
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Kosciusko, St. Louis
Kosciusko ( ) is a mostly non-residential neighborhood located in St. Louis, Missouri. It begins at the Mississippi River front in the east and goes up to 7th Boulevard and 8th Street in the west. Interstate 55 is a northern border, and St. Geor ...
, Missouri
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Kosciusko, Texas
Kosciusko is an unincorporated community in Wilson County, Texas, United States. In 2009 it was inhabited by 390 people.
Name
The settlement was named after Tadeusz Kościuszko, a military general of Polish origin, that served in the Continent ...
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Kosciusko County, Indiana
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Kosciusko Island, Alaska
Buildings, structures, and monuments
Poland
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Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, Kraków
Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument in Kraków ( pl, Pomnik Tadeusza Kościuszki w Krakowie), is one of the best known bronze monuments in Poland. It is the work of artists: Leonard Marconi, professor of Lviv University born in Warsaw, and his son in law, ...
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Kościuszko Mound
Kościuszko Mound ( pl, kopiec Kościuszki) is an artificial mound in Kraków, Poland. It was erected by Cracovians in commemoration of the Polish national leader Tadeusz Kościuszko, and modeled after Kraków's prehistoric mounds of Krak and Wan ...
, Kraków
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Kościuszko Park
The Kosciuszko Park, which has existed since 1925, is one of the most famous and frequented parks in Katowice, Poland. It is situated at the street of the same name.
Its foundation dates back to 1888 when a municipal park was founded on the 6 ...
, Katowice
United States
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* Kosciuszko's Monument (West Point)
* Kosciuszko Monument, Milwaukee
* Lincoln Village, Milwaukee#Kosciuszko Park, Kosciuszko Park, Milwaukee
* Kosciuszko's Garden, West Point, New York
* Kosciuszko Bridge, New York City
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Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge
The Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge, commonly referred to as the Twin Bridges, or just "The Twins", located in the United States, is a pair of identical through arch bridges, made of steel, which span the Mohawk River between the towns of Colonie, ...
in
Halfmoon
The halfmoon (''Medialuna californiensis''), also known as the blue perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the subfamily Scorpidinae, part of the family Kyphosidae. It is native to the coasts of the eastern Pacific Ocean ...
and
Colonie, New York
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Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, at 301 Pine Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, preserves the home of Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Kościuszko. The life and work of the Polish patriot and hero of the American Revolution are commemorated here.
K ...
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Kosciuszko Park (Chicago)
Kosciuszko Park is a park located at 2732 N. Avers Ave. Situated along the northern boundary of Chicago's Logan Square community area at Diversey, it is heavily frequented by residents of Avondale and is considered to be part of Jackowo.
Kos ...
* Kosciuszko Street in
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
, its
accompanying station on the
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 2 ...
, and the nearby Kosciuszko Pool.
* Kosciusko Street in
Rochester, New York
Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, ...
* Kosciusko Way in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
* General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Way in
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
* Kosciuszko Street in the International Polish Village
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according ...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Circle Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
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* Thaddeus Kosciuszko Park,
Dublin, Ohio
* Thaddeus Kosciuszko Statue in the
Public Garden,
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
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* Kosciuszko Monument, Williams Park, St. Petersburg, FL
* Washington-Kosciuszko Elementary School,
Winona, Minnesota
* Kosciuszko Street in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
* Kosciuszko Park
in
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford () is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, outside of Manhattan. It is Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 ...
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Thaddeus Kosciuszko Highway in
New Britain, Connecticut
New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately southwest of Hartford. According to 2020 Census, the population of the city is 74,135.
Among the southernmost of the communities encompassed wit ...
* Kosciuszko Park in
Wilmington,
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
Hungary
* Tadeusz Kościuszko Street, Budapest
Brazil
* Tadeu Kosciusco Street, Rio de Janeiro
Serbia
* Tadeuša Košćuška Street, Belgrade
Russia
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Kosciuszko street in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
Organizations
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Kosciuszko Foundation
The Kosciuszko Foundation is a charitable foundation based in New York City. It was created by Stephen Mizwa to fund programs that promote Polish-American intellectual and artistic exchange.
History
The Polish American Scholarship Committee was ...
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Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology
Cracow University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki) is a public university located in central Kraków, Poland, established in 1946 and, as an institution of higher learning granted full autonomy in 1954.
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The Kosciuszko Institute
* The Kosciuszko Chair of Polish Studies at
The Institute of World Politics
The Institute of World Politics (IWP) is a private graduate school of national security, intelligence, and international affairs in Washington DC, and Reston, Virginia. Founded in 1990, it offers courses related to intelligence, national secu ...
Military organizations
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Kościuszko's Squadron, a Polish fighter squadron in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919–1921
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No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron
No. 303 Squadron RAF, also known as the 303rd "Tadeusz Kościuszko Warsaw" Fighter Squadron, was one of two Polish squadrons that fought during the Battle of Britain along with No. 302 Squadron, of 16 total Polish squadrons in the Royal Air ...
, known as the No. 303 "Kościuszko", was a Second World War Polish fighter squadron
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Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division, a Second World War unit, part of the 1st Polish Army
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Polish 111th Fighter Escadrille
The 111th Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force ( pl, 111. eskadra myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army. Created in 1921, immediately after the end of the Polish-Soviet War, the unit inherited the traditions of the f ...
, known as Kościuszko's squadron, was a Polish fighter squadron in the Invasion of Poland of 1939
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Tadeusz Kościuszko Land Forces Military Academy
''Tadeusz'' is a Polish first name, derived from Thaddaeus.
Tadeusz may refer to:
* Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895–1966), Polish military leader
* Tadeusz Borowski (1922–1951), Polish writer and The Holocaust survivor
* Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński ...
in Wrocław, Poland
Ships
* , a Polish Navy guided missile frigate
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SS ''Kościuszko'', a Polish ocean liner
Airliners
* When LOT Polish Airlines used Ilyushin Il-62s and Il-62Ms. 2 of them were named after Kościuszko. One of these (SP-LBG) tragically
crashed on 9 May 1987, killing 183 people.
References
See also
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Warsaw, Poland, to New York City, United States. In the late-morning hours of 9 May 1987, the Ilyushin Il-62M operating the flight crashed in the Kabaty Woods nat ...
. The plane that crashed was named Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
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