"The Purest Son of Liberty: Thaddeus Kosciuszko in America" Seminar

The year 2017 marks the bicentennial of the passing of General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a hero of Poland and the United States. To commemorate this occasion a seminar was organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland at the Library of Congress on April 4, 2017. The event featured a panel of esteemed historians, Dr. James Pula, Purdue University; Dr. Graham Russell Gao Hodges, Colgate University; and Dr. Andrzej Sulima-Kaminski, Georgetown University; as well as remarks by Representatives Tim Murphy (PA-18) and Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Co-Chairs of the House Poland Caucus.

[@zachdrejza8515]

I’m looking to have a mountain in New Hampshire named after Kosciuszko. There’s already a Mt Lafayette, Mt Lincoln, and a Mt Liberty all in line, so a Mt Kosciuszko would fit in perfectly. Thank you for this video.

[@Docentino1914]

Thank you All. Tadeusz Kościuszko a Hero of the Two Great Nations deserves to be recognisised like so. Only more often :)

[@norbkoz]

As a Polish American I’ve always been aware of the importance of Kosciusko, but now I understand why!

[@tadroid3858]

I know I'm late here, but I would have given anything to have seen the slides they were showing. Thank you for this presentation, regardless of my petty complaint. Dzienkuje

[@Etzki1]

Nothing is going to whitewash or wash away the fact that Jefferson owned slaves and he declined to freedom when Kosciusko requested he's unpaid money $17.000 will pay for slaves freedom plus 100 acres of land per person. Jefferson never did that because he wanted to keep slaves in a slavery. Kościuszko was probably The greatest man of polish descent in the USA

[@richardzieba5041]

A Hero of Two Great Nations.

[@hellskitchenmusic]

He left in his will all his monies to the education and purchasing of property for deserving Black people and for a trust, be set up for their future education of their children.