It was named by the Polish explorer Pawel Edmund Strzelecki in 1840, in honor of the Polish-Lithuanian national hero, General Tadeusz Kościuszko, because of its perceived resemblance to the Kościuszko Mound in Kraków.
Today is Memorial Day. A time to reflect on all our soldier's sacrifices.
This morning I read that Poland had pushed for a permanent US military base to be built in Poland.
Poland Pushes For Permanent US Military Base, Offers Up To $2B
http://www.ibtimes.com/poland-pushes-permanent-us-military-base-offers-2b-2685045
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It's been 5 years since this patriot was discussed on FR. When I found this article I thought it fitting in that it explained why Poland would strongly want a US base on their soil. Reasons dating back to the day of the American Revolution.
One of history’s good guys.
Move a base from somewhere in Germany to where we’d be appreciated. Our soldiers have to be on good behavior. Some of those Polish women are knockouts.
Also see: Casimir Pulaski.
Very interesting history. Thanks for posting.
It was named by the Polish explorer Pawel Edmund Strzelecki in 1840, in honor of the Polish-Lithuanian national hero, General Tadeusz Kościuszko, because of its perceived resemblance to the Kościuszko Mound in Kraków.
Casimir Pulaski was another Polish immigrant who served well in the American Revolution.
Thanks for posting. I didn’t know much about his history.
His statue in Detroit...
http://detroit1701.org/Kosciuszko%20Statue.html
Bttt.
5.56mm
Kosciusko, Mississippi - hometown of Oprah Winfrey. Population 7400.
On the other hand, Pulaski, Ga (not in Pulaski county) has a population of under 300. Pulaski county has about 12,000.
Even to this day there is a room in the Vatican museum devoted to their Warrior King Jan Sobieski, who charged with 3,000 of his Winged Hussars into a muslim camp that may have been as large as 300,000 muz-ka-bobs...
Ping to a wonderful article about Thaddeus Kosciuszko, lover of freedom.
In his native Poland, Kosciuszko is known for leading the Kosciuszko Uprising of 1794, a brave insurrection against foreign rule by Russia and Prussia. But that came before the liberty-loving Pole played a key but overlooked role in the American Revolution.
The author has it backwards in the second sentence. The uprising was after the revolutionary war.
He has two bridges in New York named after him. One is well known to any tri state traffic report listener as it connects Brookyln and Queens. The other I was not aware of till I just looked up the first to confirm some details.
Before the civilized world ended, the deeds and contributions of Kosciuszko and Pulaski to the Revolution were once well known as they used to be taught in US History classes, but this was also a time when it was not racist for eastern Europeans to celebrate their culture.
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