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 County, Indiana[1]
- Kosciusko Island, Alaska
- Kosciusko, Texas
Buildings, structures, and monuments
Poland
- Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, Kraków
- Kościuszko Mound, Kraków
- Kościuszko Park, Katowice
United States
Statue of Kościuszko on Northerly Island, Chicago
- 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 and its subway station
- Kosciusko Street in Rochester, New York
- General Thad Kosciuszko Way in Los Angeles, California
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko Park in Dublin, Ohio
Hungary
- Tadeusz Kościuszko Street, Budapest
Brazil
- Tadeu Kosciusco Street, Rio de Janeiro
Organizations
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 rocket 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 Kośçiuszko. One of these (SP-LBG) tragically crashed on the 9th of May 1987, killing 188 people.
References
- 1 2 Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. p. 177.
See also
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055. The plane that crashed was named Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
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