Statue of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Wawel Hill

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko (1746-1817) was a Polish and Lithuanian national hero, general and a leader of the 1794 uprising (which bears his name) against the Russian Empire. He fought in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army and aide to General Washington. In recognition of his dedicated and faithful service, he was brevetted by the Continental Congress to the rank of Brigadier General in 1783, and became a naturalized citizen of the United States that same year.

Photo 725, May 2007

Statue of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, detail

Photo 725d, May 2007