Kościuszko (disambiguation)

Kościuszko (disambiguation)

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

War

* Kościuszko Uprising, a 1794 Polish war of independence

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

Ships

*, a Polish Navy rocket frigate
* SS "Kościuszko", a Polish ocean liner

Places

Australia

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

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

Poland

* Kościuszko Mound in Kraków

Music

* "Kosciuszko" is a track on Midnight Oil's album Red Sails in the Sunset


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