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.

Chris DeRose gives us the history of the Kosciuszko Statue.

The Society of the Cincinnati is the USA’s oldest patriotic organization, founded in 1783 by officers of the Continental Army who served together in the American Revolution. Its mission is to promote knowledge and appreciation of the achievement of American independence and to foster fellowship among its members. Now a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the principles and ideals of its founders, the modern Society maintains its headquarters, library, and museum at Anderson House in Washington, D.C.

Tadeusz Kościuszko was a supporter of the idea of creating peasant and Jewish militias, and while everyone has heard of the scythemen, not necessarily about the Jewish units that fought during the Kościuszko Insurrection.

“To Kosciusko” is the name shared by three sonnets written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Leigh Hunt, and John Keats. Coleridge’s, the original, was written in December 1794 and published in the 16 December 1794 Morning Chronicle as the fifth Read more

Ludwika Sosnowska, daughter of Józef Sosnowski – Lithuanian hetman, senator, voivode, was the first youthful love of Tadeusz Kościuszko, then twenty years old. The eighteen-year-old girl was loved by Kościuszko as a cadet of the Knights’ School, and the girl reciprocated his love. 

After the defeat of the Insurrection, Tadeusz Kosciuszko was in Russian captivity. After taking an oath of allegiance to Tsar Pavel I Romanov, he was released after two years. About 20,000 imprisoned Poles were released with him. Kosciuszko’s oath was the price he had to pay for their freedom. He was fully aware of this. The former Supreme Commander also had to swear that he would not return to the bosom of the Fatherland. So he had to choose forced emigration. A popular destination was France. However, together with his poet friend Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, he went to America via Finland and England. In 1797, after several months, he returned to Europe, settling in Paris and then in Switzerland. From 1807 to 1814 he lived at Château de Berville near La Genevraye with Peter Josef Zeltner.

It was said that the hero of two nations – Polish and American – was killed by typhoid or pneumonia. Polish scientists have decided to settle the dispute. They have examined Tadeusz Kosciuszko’s heart and are one hundred percent Read more

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