Kościuszko (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 War 2 Military 3 Ships 4 Places 4.1 Australia 4.2 United States 4.3 Poland

Tadeusz Kościuszko was a soldier respected as a champion of liberty in both Poland and the United States. Some things named after him include:

[edit] War

• Kościuszko Uprising, a 1794 Polish war of independence

[edit] Military

• Kościuszko's squadron, a Polish fighter squadron in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-21
• 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

[edit] Ships

• ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish Navy rocket frigate
• SS Kościuszko, a Polish ocean liner

[edit] Places

[edit] Australia

• Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales
• Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia (not including its external territories)

[edit] United States

• Kosciusko, Mississippi
• Kosciusko, Texas
• Kosciusko County, Indiana
• Kosciusko Island in Alaska
• Kosciuszko Bridge (New York City)
• Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge in Albany, New York
• Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[edit] Poland

• Kościuszko Mound in Kraków