Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko
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Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko is a bronze statue by Antoni Popiel
Antoni Popiel
Antoni Popiel was a Polish sculptor.-External links:...

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It was dedicated by William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...

, on May 11, 1910.

It is located in Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....



A copy of the monument was unveiled in Warsaw, Poland in 2010.

The statue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

, as a part of American Revolution Statuary
American Revolution Statuary
American Revolution Statuary is a group of fourteen statues in Washington, D.C., listed with the National Register of Historic Places. The statues are scattered across Washington, mainly in squares and traffic circles, with four statues of European officers displayed in Lafayette Square, across...

in Washington, D.C.

External links

  • http://www.dcpages.com/gallery/Star-of-Washington/DSC08629.jpg.html
  • http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/g.cgi?fid=531673&state=DC&ftype=park
  • http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/laf-sqr1.htm
  • http://www.flickriver.com/photos/wallyg/5159782311/
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