PHILADELPHIA (AP) — If the hip-hop Broadway smash "Hamilton" can reignite interest in the first U.S. treasury secretary, what will it take to drum up interest in another forgotten hero from America's ...

A teacher and students at Grizzell Middle School are pushing for statewide recognition for Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish ...

Listeners respond to a look at the late-19th century social reformer Jacob Riis and about the report on the Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial. Now, a look at some of your responses to Monday's ...

Ed Crane, R.I.P. Moderna Sure Isn’t Seeing That Trump Deregulatory Agenda Audio By Carbonatix Earlier this month, during unrest in American cities, there was a lot of attention paid in Washington, D.C ...

Alex Storozynski's The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution was the fastest growing book in America yesterday after his appearance on the Diane Rehm show. Watch The Peasant ...

Forget the walking shoes and bug repellant. The Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial is a mere 0.02 acres and is inside a Philadelphia row house.... A Brief History: The Smallest National Park Site ...

EAST CHICAGO — Under bright blue skies Tuesday and to the applause of dozens, the restored bronze statue of Brigadier Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko stood tall in the park named for the man called “the hero ...

According to Brooklyn By Name, Hans Hansen Von Norstrand arrived in Flatbush in 1638. The Isle of Norstrand (translation: “north shore”) is in what is now Germany. Nostrand Avenue was originally ...

What did soldiers in the 1820s care about enough to preserve for future generations? That might get answered soon. Historians at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York plan on opening a ...

The Army’s new Poland garrison will soon have a new name: Camp Kosciuszko. Kosciuszko (kosh-choosh-ko) doesn’t roll off the American tongue and could be headed for simplification to “Camp K” by ...