General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Detroit

The statue of General Thaddeus Kosciuszko memorializes an American hero of Polish origin. Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a soldier and a civil rights advocate. He was in George Washington's army and participated in the Revolutionary War where he became a general. He served in France as Ambassador of the United States. He sold his properties in the U.S. and used this money to free and educate slaves. This bronze statue of the general on a horse was a gift from Poland. It was erected in 1911 and is a copy of a monument in Krakow.