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
• Kosciuszko Monument, Williams Park, St. Petersburg, FL

Hungary

• Tadeusz Kościuszko Street, Budapest

Brazil

• Tadeu Kosciusco Street, Rio de Janeiro

Organizations

• Kosciuszko Foundation
• Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology
• The Kosciuszko Institute

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. 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.