Kosciuszko's Garden

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Kosciuszko's Garden
Steps to K's Garden.jpg
Steps leading up from the garden, July 2008
Kosciuszko's Garden is located in New York
Kosciuszko's Garden
LocationWest Point, New York
Nearest cityHighland Falls, New York
Coordinates41°23′31″N 73°57′13″W / 41.391858°N 73.953583°W / 41.391858; -73.953583Coordinates: 41°23′31″N 73°57′13″W / 41.391858°N 73.953583°W / 41.391858; -73.953583
Created1778
Operated byFederal 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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  1. ^ "Tour of West Point Kosciuszko'z Garden (Slide 16 of 16)". USMA.edu. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  2. ^ "FOR YOUR FREEDOM AND OURS". American Association of the Friends of Kosciuszko at West Point, Inc. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  3. ^ Storozynski, A., 2009, The Peasant Prince, New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 9780312388027

  • The garden in 1899. Note the "SARATOGA" engraving is already present

  • March 2009

  • The garden, June 2009

  • Steps to garden

  • The garden around 1900

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