There is a huge statue of Koscicsko along the Chicago lakefront.
I heard once there are more statues and other landmarks like bridges, parks, etc., dedicated to Kościuszko in America than any figure in their history.
But not everyone in America knows about him. And some don't even care as in the case of one statue of Kościuszko in East Chicago being stolen and then attempted to be broken down in order to be sold for scrap metal.
E.C. man sentenced to jail in theft of Polish-American statue"An East Chicago man was sentenced...to six months in jail after he admitted to nearly sawing off the head of a statue of Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko. Israel L. Soberanes, 34, pleaded guilty to theft, a Level 6 felony...standing next to an interpreter who translated the hearing from English to Spanish, [he] said he accepted everything that was in the plea agreement...Soberanes and the co-defendant planned on scrapping it for money."Source: nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/e-c-man-sentenced-to-jail-in-theft-of-polish/article_b4d9c395-4a06-5294-ac31-a88f045c1fbd.html
Other news reports said the statue has since been restored, returned and rededicated.
Anyway, there are nearly identical statues dedicate to Kościuszko in both Washington DC and Warsaw.
In fact, they are so closely matched that the one in Warsaw also includes the inscription "Saratoga West Point" to commemorate the British defeat there all thanks to Kościuszko!
