North Scranton in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Tadas Kosciuska

Kosciuska Healing Garden

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 9, 2023

1. Tadas Kosciuska Marker

Inscription.
"Lithuania - my fellow countrymen and compatriots, I was born on your soil and in my ardor for my homeland there is within me a special inclination toward those among whom I began my life... Lithuania - glorious for valor and citizenship... I vow to stand amidst you!"

Kosciuska, in a Proclamation to Lithuanians (1794)

Tadas Kosciuska fought for and helped achieve America's freedom during the American Revolution. He helped engineer defenses at West Point where a garden he created still grows.

In 1918, over a century after Kosciuska fought to free Lithuania, Lithuanian Americans and Lithuanians abroad achieved world recognition of a free Lithuanian nation. That freedom was lost during World War II. In 1990 the Lithuanian nation achieved freedom again in a peaceful revolution of unarmed individuals. Together with their Baltic neighbors, Estonia and Latvia, they joined hands across three nations and sang the Baltic Way to freedom and peace.

This garden began with the roses and flowers of Lithuanian Americans who made their homes and gardens in North Scranton. It grows in honor of Kosciuska, the Lithuanian Americans who

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lived here, and those who stood for peace, with the hope that all people will on the 100th anniversary of Lithuanian independence begin the art of peace.

..... the Jousta, patterned with the Diamond Rose, connecting us to the ancient garden, where apples are not temptation only a way to communion.....
From: Rauda by C. Gargan

Erected 2018.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • Patriots & Patriotism • Peace • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1918.

Location. 41° 26.273′ N, 75° 39.306′ W. Marker is in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is in North Scranton. It is on Market Street west of the Lackawanna River, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Scranton PA 18508, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

Kosciuska Healing Garden Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 9, 2023

2. Kosciuska Healing Garden Marker

World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Silkman House (within shouting distance of this marker); Jerry Moran (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); St. Mary of the Most Holy Rosary Church Cornerstone (approx. ¼ mile away); Tony Walsh Park (approx. ¼ mile away); Our Founding Pastors (approx. 0.3 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lithuanian Roadside Cross Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Brigadier General Theodore J. Wint Bridge (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Scranton.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Also see . . . The Kosciusko Nationality Question (Gaidus, 2010). (Submitted on June 10, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Tadas Kosciuska Marker and Healing Garden image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 9, 2023

3. Tadas Kosciuska Marker and Healing Garden

Kosciuska Healing Garden image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 9, 2023

4. Kosciuska Healing Garden

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 9, 2023

5. Tadas Kosciuska Marker and Healing Garden

Credits. This page was last revised on June 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 306 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 10, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.