Marker Logo
THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
Dunkirk in Chautauqua County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

 
 
Tadeusz Kosciuszko Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 18, 2018
1. Tadeusz Kosciuszko Memorial
West side.
Inscription.
Tadeusz
Kosciuszko
1746-1817
I prefer peace more than the greatest rank in the world.
[back] Dedicated to the memory of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, American Revolutionary War patriot and national hero of Poland. Saratoga. West point.
 
Erected 1971.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 42° 29.337′ N, 79° 19.496′ W. Memorial is in Dunkirk, New York, in Chautauqua County. It is at the intersection of Lakeshore Drive East (New York State Route 5 at milepost 1.9) and South Roberts Road (County Route 81), on the right on Lakeshore Drive East. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 343 Lakeshore Drive East, Dunkirk NY 14048, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the
Paid Advertisement
Click or scan to see
this page online
Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: New York and Erie Railroad (approx. 0.4 miles away); These 3 Bells (approx. 0.4 miles away); Birds of the Harbor (approx. 0.6 miles away); Eastern Basin Shipwrecks (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lafayette's Tour (approx. 0.6 miles away); Naetzker Garden (approx. 0.6 miles away); Washington Park Gazebo Project (approx. 0.6 miles away); Dunkirk Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dunkirk.
 
Tadeusz Kosciuszko Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 18, 2018
2. Tadeusz Kosciuszko Memorial
West side. The brick building at left is the Gymnastic Society of Polish Falcons.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2018. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 847 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 18, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
m=117511

CeraNet Cloud Computing sponsors the Historical Marker Database.
This website earns income from purchases you make after using our links to Amazon.com. We appreciate your support.
Paid Advertisement
Jul. 25, 2026