I saw these two pictures of General Thaddeus Kosciuszko
on Michigan Avenue downtown that I took downtown back in April of this year, and decided to find out more about him. There's a biography about him at the
Polish American Center website. The site says that he was born in Poland in 1746, and was in America for the Revolutionary War. He also helped Poland gain their independence in the late 1700s. He passed away in Poland in 1817, and
there is currently a house named for him in Philadelphia.. This statue was erected in downtown Detroit in August 1978, and this sign is written in both Polish and English. One of Gen. Kosciuszko's fellow countrymen, Gen. Casimir Pulaski, also has a statue dedicated to him on Washington Boulevard, which was dedicated 12 years earlier in 1966. There are many historic and cultural statues downtown. You just have to know where to look.
there is currently a house named for him in Philadelphia.. This statue was erected in downtown Detroit in August 1978, and this sign is written in both Polish and English. One of Gen. Kosciuszko's fellow countrymen, Gen. Casimir Pulaski, also has a statue dedicated to him on Washington Boulevard, which was dedicated 12 years earlier in 1966. There are many historic and cultural statues downtown. You just have to know where to look.
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