NOTES: Kosciuszko is depicted in a peasant's russet coat and a Magyar hat. Around his neck is the bald eagle order of the Society of the Cincinnati and the Virtuti Militari cross, Poland's highest military decoration.
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NOTES: Kosciuszko is depicted in the uniform of a brigadier-general of the American Continental army of the revolution. He wears the order of the Society of the Cincinnati of which he was a charter member. |
NOTES: This is where Thaddeus Kosciuszko resided in Philadelphia in 1797-1798, during his second visit to the United States. The house stands at the corner of Third and Pine Streets. By Act of Congress it become the Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial of the National Park Service. |