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Nov 9, 2009 · Tadeusz Kosciuszko was a military engineer who aided the Continental Army in the American Revolution before leading an uprising in his native Poland.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko. Brigadier General. Continental Army. February 12, 1746 – October 15, 1817. Tadeusz Kościuszko by Karl Gottlieb Schweikart. National Museum in Warsaw. Polish immigrant, engineer, and revolutionary Thaddeus Kosciuszko aided the Continental Army before returning to Eastern Europe in an attempt to sow revolution there.
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish military engineer, statesman, and military leader who then became a national hero in Poland, the United States, and Belarus. He fought in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's struggles against Russia and Prussia, and on the U.S. side in the American Revolutionary War.
Tadeusz Kościuszko, (born Feb. 4, 1746, Mereczowszczyzna, Pol.—died Oct. 15, 1817, Solothurn, Switz.), Polish patriot who fought in the American Revolution. He studied military engineering in Paris and went to America in 1776, where he joined the colonial army. He helped build fortifications in Philadelphia, Pa., and at West Point, N.Y.
Feb 10, 2021 · There were many foreign heroes who made American independence possible. Among them was Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish military engineer who arrived in the Thirteen Colonies unable to speak English but ready to help the American cause. In fact, Kościuszko carried his love for freedom and republicanism.
No other historical figure has been so unanimously respected – and even worshipped – in Poland as Tadeusz Kościuszko. The impact of this storied engineer, military general, and statesman, however, spans much farther. You'll find streets named after him in every Polish town and village, of course, from the Tatras to the Baltic.
Kościuszko – a soldier of freedom, one of the Tsar’s prisoners, and at the same time a humble man sensitive to all forms of inequality and oppression – was an ideal candidate to become the hero...
