General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Monument - Pennsauken, NJ - U.S. Revolutionary War Memorials on Waymarking.com

There are also two other memorials. To the immediate left is a memorial marker which pays tribute to Polish veterans of World War II. To the left of that is a monument, just like this one, to General Pulaski, also of Revolutionary War fame. --> (visit link)

If you were to walk down the 75 year old stair steps to the banks of the Cooper, off of Route 30/130 exit road, you would immediately notice these three Polish memorials. They are officially located at Park Drive and Route 130 in Pennsauken, NJ, but actually are on Park Avenue. You could take the stone stairs down from Route 130 if you were on foot, but it is better to park along the road at Park Avenue.

There are two polished stone benches which sit in front of the monument, flanking it on the left and right. On the front profile of the left one, it reads: Friends of Polish Army Veterans Post #121. The right reads: Polish Army Veterans Post #121. Bushed also flank the rear and sides of this monument, keeping it harmonious with the Pulaski monument to the left. They both rise 14 feet in the air.

Within this park, there are about two dozen more unique an distinct memorials from Christopher Columbus to a Holocaust memorial and everything in between. Parking is pretty easy as there is a huge shoulder of which most people take advantage. There is a jogging trail which passes all the memorials as well. A major attraction further down the banks is a terror memorial which features small monuments dedicated to all the recent terror attacks in the last twenty years or so situated inside a large structure which allows people to walk around and read each plaque.

About the Man
Thaddeus Kosciuszko had come to America as a young man from Poland to offer his skills to the Revolutionary army. His life has got to be one of the most interesting of the American Revolution characters.

Kosciuszko had been born in Lithuania-Poland and very well educated in military art and engineering. After the conquest of his country and the resulting cutbacks of its military, he went abroad where he was recruited in France by Silas Deane and Benjamin Franklin to help their American cause for freedom. In August of 1776, he arrived in America and began service as a volunteer. On 18 October 1776, Congress commissioned him as a Colonel of Engineers in the Continental Army, where he eventually became the head engineer.

While serving with the Continental Army, he read the Declaration of Independence and was greatly affected by it, as he found that it encompassed everything that he himself had always believed. Thereafter, he became a kindred spirit of the author of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson, and spent many visits at Jefferson’s Virginia home, Monticello.

Kosciuszko’s efforts added greatly to the American army. After the battle of Ticonderoga, General Washington put him in charge of military engineering at West Point, New York. Eventually Kosciuszko requested service with the Southern Army where he contributed even more to American victories.

After seven years of service, on 13 October 1783, Kosciuszko, considered one of the greatest engineers in America, was granted American citizenship and promoted to Brigadier General. He was also admitted to the prestigious Society of the Cincinnati, one of only three foreigners allowed entrance.
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Type of Memorial: Monument

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