Breastworks - Waterford, NY - New York Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

text: "New York Breastworks erected under direction of Thaddeus Koscuiszko in August-September 1777 to check Burgoyne's invasion State Education Department 1949"

Thaddeus Koscuiszko (visit link)
"Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko...was a Polish-Lithuanian military engineer, statesman, and military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States...On learning of the American Revolution, Kosciuszko, himself a man of revolutionary aspirations, sympathetic to the American cause and an advocate of human rights, sailed for America in June 1776 "

Marker Name: Breastworks Marker Type: Roadside Agency: State Education Department Dedication Date: 1949 City/Town/Village Name: Waterford County: Saratoga Region: The Adirondacks (Region 5) Website: Not listed

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