#andrzej tadeusz bonawentura kościuszko

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Fall still in full swing in Boston

Bonus: hottest statue in the Boston Public Garden Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko

[edgysaintjust]

I love the sound of eastern and central european names on the west because they always look like a keyboard smash but say them out loud and it actually sounds good

[badassamerican]

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (English: Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko;[note 1] 4 or 12 February 1746 – 15 October 1817) was a Polish-Lithuanian military engineer, statesman, and military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States.[3][4] He fought in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's struggles against Russia and Prussia, and on the US side in the American Revolutionary War. As Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed Forces, he led the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising. A BadAssAmerican none the less .

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Tadeusz Kościuszko, 1976, Poland, 100 Złotych, Silver (.625), Mintage: 100.148, Proof, 16.5 g, 32 mm

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (English: Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko;4 or 12 February 1746 – 15 October 1817) was a Polish military engineer, statesman, and military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, France and the United States. He fought in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's struggles against Russia and Prussia, and on the US side in the American Revolutionary War. As Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed Forces, he led the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising.

Kościuszko was born in February 1746, in a manor house on the Mereczowszczyzna estate in Brest Litovsk Voivodeship, then Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Ivatsevichy District of Belarus). At age 20, he graduated from the Corps of Cadets in Warsaw, Poland. After the start of the civil war in 1768, Kościuszko moved to France in 1769 to study. He returned to the Commonwealth in 1774, two years after the First Partition, and was a tutor in Józef Sylwester Sosnowski's household. In 1776, Kościuszko moved to North America, where he took part in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army. An accomplished military architect, he designed and oversaw the construction of state-of-the-art fortifications, including those at West Point, New York. In 1783, in recognition of his services, the Continental Congress promoted him to brigadier general.

Upon returning to Poland in 1784, Kościuszko was commissioned as a major general in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Army in 1789. After the Polish–Russian War of 1792 resulted in the Commonwealth's Second Partition, he commanded an uprising against the Russian Empire in March 1794 until he was captured at the Battle of Maciejowice in October 1794. The defeat of the Kościuszko Uprising that November led to Poland's Third Partition in 1795, which ended the Commonwealth. In 1796, following the death of Tsaritsa Catherine II, Kościuszko was pardoned by her successor, Tsar Paul I, and he emigrated to the United States. A close friend of Thomas Jefferson, with whom he shared ideals of human rights, Kościuszko wrote a will in 1798, dedicating his U.S. assets to the education and freedom of the U.S. slaves. Kościuszko eventually returned to Europe and lived in Switzerland until his death in 1817. The execution of his testament later proved difficult, and the funds were never used for the purpose Kościuszko intended.

[deartotheheart]

Happy 272nd birthday Thaddeus Kosciuszko!!

In honor of that, here’s an appreciation post for him via Liberty’s Kids:

Everyone’s favorite Polish military engineer and liberty aficionado!

Looking fine under pressure

Lovingly questioning Benedict Arnold’s sanity

Being a boss at his battlements with bff General Gates (seriously they were close friends!)

Would you look at his fort? It’s a great fort

That’s Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko to you

Easily impressed

He’s got the jokes

The “purest son of liberty” and all around good guy, Thaddeus Kosciuszko!

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Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (1746-1817)  

A Polish-Lithuanian military engineer, statesman, and military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States. He fought in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's struggles against Russia and Prussia, and on the US side in the American Revolutionary War. As Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed Forces, he led the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising. 

Many monuments to him are found around the world including Australia’s tallest mountain and it’s National Park which bear his name. 

A close friend of Thomas Jefferson, with whom he shared ideals of human rights, Kościuszko wrote a will in 1798, dedicating his U.S. assets to the education and freedom of the U.S. slaves. After his death none of the funds were used for those purposes. 

Source: Wikipedia

[sonofhistory]

I know it’s hard to remember Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Montier Marquis de Lafayette, but try pronouncing Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko then come talk to me. 

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"Człowiek, który wyprzedził swoje czasy" - film dokumentalny o Kościuszce!

“Człowiek, który wyprzedził swoje czasy” – film dokumentalny o Kościuszce!

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko herbu Roch III (ur. 4 lutego 1746 w Mereczowszczyźnie, zm. 15 października 1817 w Solurze) – inżynier wojskowy[1], fortyfikator, polski i amerykański generał, mąż stanu, uczestnik wojny o niepodległość Stanów Zjednoczonych (1775–1783), Najwyższy Naczelnik Siły Zbrojnej Narodowej w czasie insurekcji kościuszkowskiej (1794).

Tadeusz Kościuszkona długo przed…

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Rok 2017 rokiem Tadeusza Kościuszki – przypominamy sylwetkę bohatera

Rok 2017 rokiem Tadeusza Kościuszki – przypominamy sylwetkę bohatera

Pełne imię i nazwisko jednego z najważniejszych bohaterów porozbiorowej historii Polski brzmiało Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko. Polski i amerykański generał, uczestnik wojny o niepodległość Stanów Zjednoczonych, Najwyższy Naczelnik Siły Zbrojnej Narodowej w czasie insurekcji kościuszkowskiej oraz dobry organizator, fortyfikator  i inżynier wojskowy, a przede wszystkim uwielbiany przez…

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@yukinojou has been educating me about a certain Polish gentleman who was involved in the American Wars of Independence.

He was a pretty spiffy fella: engineer, mathematician, polyglot, international traveller, and abolitionist. His feats and ideas for engineering saved the US army a good number of times, even from Cornwallis himself, as the chief engineer of General Greene. He loved equality and got involved in the wars because he wanted to help the US fight for freedom. He was described as “the purest son of liberty” by Jefferson. In his will, he basically dictated that the land he was awarded be sold and the money used to purchase freedom and education for slaves, including telling Jefferson to even buy them out of his own household (aka, Thomas I am judging you for having slaves, and I will make sure it’s in my will so you know I didn’t forget). He also was something of a playa (in a ‘draw me like your French girls’ kind of way), but we won’t hold that against him ;)

He also worked under the command of a certain Philip Schuyler -  Yup. That Philip Schuyler - to help the Continentals escape the pursuing British army in 1777. Before Ham got there, he apparently even proposed marriage to Elizabeth Schuyler. Washington personally commanded his transfer to the south and said in a letter “I have experienced great satisfaction from his general conduct“. Lafayette wanted to install a specific engineer in the south, but was told flat-out that no, Washington did not want anything to interfere without Polish hero being the chief engineer of the Southern army. He fought alongside John Laurens in the south, and when Laurens was killed, he took over Laurens’ intelligence network. When the war was over, he ended up fast friends with Thomas Jefferson to the point that Jefferson was the man to execute the will regarding his US property.

The point I’m trying to get to is that I can imagine the fun and games of trying to work this dude’s name into the lyrics of a certain show: Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko.

Not that I doubt @linmanuel, but Polish is a bitch of a language to pronounce when you don’t speak it.

[deartotheheart]

Lafayette: Bonjour! Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette at your service!

Thaddeus: A pleasure sir! I am Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko.”

Lafayette: I like your names

Thaddeus: Yours too!

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"Człowiek, który wyprzedził swoje czasy" - film dokumentalny o Kościuszce!

“Człowiek, który wyprzedził swoje czasy” – film dokumentalny o Kościuszce!

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko herbu Roch III (ur. 4 lutego 1746 w Mereczowszczyźnie, zm. 15 października 1817 w Solurze) – inżynier wojskowy[1], fortyfikator, polski i amerykański generał, mąż stanu, uczestnik wojny o niepodległość Stanów Zjednoczonych (1775–1783), Najwyższy Naczelnik Siły Zbrojnej Narodowej w czasie insurekcji kościuszkowskiej (1794).

Tadeusz Kościuszkona długo przed…

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Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746 – 1817)

Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746 – 1817)

Prawdziwy republikanin! Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko herbu Roch III – inżynier wojskowy, fortyfikator, polski i amerykański generał, mąż stanu, uczestnik wojny o niepodległość Stanów Zjednoczonych, Najwyższy Naczelnik Siły Zbrojnej Narodowej w czasie insurekcji …

Miejsce urodzenia Tadeusza Kościuszki bywa przedmiotem sporów. Za najbardziej prawdopodobne uchodzi jednak wioska…