List of things named after Tadeusz Kościuszko
This is a list of things named after Tadeusz Kościuszko, in his commemoration.
Places
Australia
- Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales
- Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia (not including its external territories)
United States
- Kosciusko, Mississippi[1]
- Kosciusko, St. Louis, Missouri
- Kosciusko, Texas
- Kosciusko County, Indiana[1]
- Kosciusko Island, Alaska
Buildings, structures, and monuments
Poland
- Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, Kraków
- Kościuszko Mound, Kraków
- Kościuszko Park, Katowice
United States
- Kosciuszko's Monument (West Point)
- Kosciuszko Monument, Milwaukee
- Kosciuszko Park, Milwaukee
- Kosciuszko's Garden, West Point, New York
- Kosciuszko Bridge, New York City
- Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge in Halfmoon and Colonie, New York
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Kosciuszko Park (Chicago)
- Kosciuszko Street in Brooklyn, New York, its accompanying station on the New York City Subway, and the nearby Kosciuszko Pool.
- Kosciusko Street in Rochester, New York
- General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Way in Los Angeles, California
- Kosciuszko Street in the International Polish Village Toledo, Ohio
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko Park, Dublin, Ohio
- Kosciuszko Monument, Williams Park, St. Petersburg, FL
- Washington-Kosciuszko Elementary School, Winona, Minnesota
- Kosciuszko Street in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
- Kosciuszko Park[2] in Stamford, Connecticut
- Kosciuszko Park in Wilmington, Delaware
Hungary
- Tadeusz Kościuszko Street, Budapest
Brazil
- Tadeu Kosciusco Street, Rio de Janeiro
Serbia
- Tadeuša Košćuška Street, Belgrade
Organizations
- Kosciuszko Foundation
- Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology
- The Kosciuszko Institute
- The Kosciuszko Chair of Polish Studies at The Institute of World Politics
Military organizations
- Kościuszko's Squadron, a Polish fighter squadron in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919–1921
- No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron, known as the No. 303 "Kościuszko", was a Second World War Polish fighter squadron
- Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division, a Second World War unit, part of the 1st Polish Army
- Polish 111th Fighter Escadrille, known as Kościuszko's squadron, was a Polish fighter squadron in the Invasion of Poland of 1939
- Tadeusz Kościuszko Land Forces Military Academy in Wrocław, Poland
Ships
- ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish Navy guided missile frigate
- SS Kościuszko, a Polish ocean liner
Airliners
- When LOT Polish Airlines used Ilyushin Il-62s and Il-62Ms. 2 of them were named after Kościuszko. One of these (SP-LBG) tragically crashed on the 9th of May 1987, killing 188 people.
References
- ^ a b Henry, Gannett (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. p. 177.
- ^ "Kosciuszko Park". stamfordct.gov. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
See also
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055. The plane that crashed was named Tadeusz Kosciuszko.