Also a street in downtown Los Angeles. I feel sorry for folks who have to try spell their street address, "General Thaddeus Kosciusko Way", over the phone, even though it has apparently been anglicized.
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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Just a little factoid that might pique the interest of someone in the U.S. in that book(let) . . . .
There is a town of 7,000 people or so in Mississippi named for this Polish-Lithuanian general. It's Kosciusko. It's the only place of any kind that I know of named after him. I suppose that one or more of the founders of this little town knew about the exploits of this general and, so, gave the settlement that name.
Kosciusko is not known for much. It is just off of the Natchez Trace Parkway. There is a Bible college there. That's about it. Oh, and it happens to be the hometown of someone that you may have heard of--Oprah Winfrey.
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