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Five Cent Stamp Honors Kosciuszko’s 150th Citizenship Anniversary
The Post Office issues a special five cent stamp on October 18 in Chicago Detroit and Boston with nationwide sale October 19 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Gen Thaddeus Kosciuszko becoming an American citizen. The Polish soldier known as a great champion of liberty helped fortify West Point and assist Greene and Washington, linking Kosciuszko and Pulaski to American independence.
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Post Office Department
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Farley
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
Washington
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Indiana
Kosciuszko
New York
Benjamin Franklin
Continental Army
Campbell
New England
Central
Carolinas
Greene
Cornwallis
Society of the Cincinnati
Congress
Scioto River
Perry County
Ohio
St. Peter and Paul
America
Paris
Solothurn
Switzerland
Count Casimir Pulaski
Pulaski
Podolia
Poland
Lithuania
Ufe
Turkey
France
Franklin
Philadelphia
Pole
The
Brandywine
Our Man
Europe
Savannah
United States