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= Thaddeus Kosciuszko =

== Thaddeus Kosciuszko served in the Revolutionary war with George Washington. He was also a polish officer and naturalist. He returned to Poland and led a revolution. Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a patriot; another person who came from Poland was Casimir Pulaski. He was born on February 4, 1746, and died on October 15, 1817. ==

His parents were Ludwik and Tekla Kosciuszko.He went to school in Lubieszow and then he went to The Cadet Academy in Warsaw, then he took engineering studies in Paris. Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a skilled engineer by the time he came America in 1776, he came to offer his services to the American colonies in their struggle for independence.When he discovered that Thomas Jefferson was responsible for drafting the Declaration of independence he wanted to meet him because the document he drafted contained everything in which Thaddeus Kosciuszko truly believed. In 1783, Thaddeus Kosciuszko had become Brigadier General and was given the Cincinnati Order Medal.

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