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Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, at 301 Pine Street in 
Kosciuszko returned to the United States in August 1797 to a hero's welcome after his wounding, capture, imprisonment, and banishment from his native
Philadelphia
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, Pennsylvania
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, preserves the home of Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Kościuszko. The life and work of the Polish patriot and hero of the American Revolution
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are commemorated here.
Kosciuszko returned to the United States in August 1797 to a hero's welcome after his wounding, capture, imprisonment, and banishment from his native Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
, which was partitioned by three neighbouring powers. Kosciuszko's secretary, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz ( , ; 6 February 1758 – 21 May 1841) was a Polish poet, playwright and statesman. He was a leading advocate for the Constitution of 3 May 1791.
Early life
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz was born 6 February 1758 in Skoki, nea ...
, having been instructed to find "a dwelling as small, as remote, and as cheap" as possible, chose Mrs. Ann Relf's boarding house at the corner of 3rd and Pine Streets in Society Hill
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. Here, where Kosciuszko recuperated from his wounds while rarely leaving the house, he was visited by numerous luminaries of the day, including Vice President
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Thomas Jefferson
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, architect Benjamin Latrobe
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, Supreme Court Justice
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William Paterson, Chief Little Turtle
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of the Miami people
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, and Chief Joseph Brant of the Mohawk nation
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. He returned to Europe the following June to support the restoration of a divided Poland.
The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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on December 18, 1970. The National Memorial was authorized on October 21, 1972. It is administered under Independence National Historical Park
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but is counted as a separate unit of the National Park System. At 0.02 acre (80 m2), the memorial is America's smallest unit of the National Park System
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.
The site is currently open for tours, Saturday and Sunday, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. as of August 2022. No fees, tickets, or reservations are required to visit this site.
See also
* * List of national memorials of the United States *National Register of Historic Places listings in Center City, Philadelphia
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