Kosciuszko's Garden
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Steps leading up from the garden, July 2008
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| Location | West Point, New York |
| Nearest city | Highland Falls, New York |
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| Created | 1778 |
| Operated by | Federal government |
Kosciuszko's Garden is a small retreat garden built by Tadeusz Kosciuszko on the side of a cliff overlooking the Hudson River at West Point, New York.[1] First constructed in 1778, it still offers visitors and cadets a place of quiet tranquility during the warmer months.[2] The "General Edward L. Rowny Family Endowment" was established to further sustain perpetual care and maintenance of the Garden and to dedicate a plaque commemorating the occasion.
Dr. James Thacher described it in his diary, "Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a gentleman of distinction from Poland...amused himself while stationed on the point, in laying out a curious garden in a deep valley, abounding more in rocks than soil. I was gratified in viewing his curious water fountain with jets and cascades."[3]:71
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- ↑ Storozynski, A., 2009, The Peasant Prince, New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 9780312388027
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The garden in 1899. Note the "SARATOGA" engraving is already present
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Kosciuszko's Garden, West Point, NY 1 March 2009.JPG
March 2009
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Kosciuszko's Garden June 19, 2009.JPG
The garden, June 2009
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Sign and Steps to Kosciuszko's Garden.JPG
Steps to garden
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Koscuiszko's Monument and garden before statue emplaced.jpg
The garden around 1900
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