Clicking Cameras
Polish visitors I toured through Society Hill swarm around fascinating Philly Halloween decorations at Third and Delancey Street. Photo by Jim Murphy, author of “Real Philly History, Real Fast.”
These visitors also love … going to the nearby Kosciuszko House at Third and Pine Street.
It’s the smallest unit in the National Park Service and was donated by Ed Piszek and a friend, John Paul, who started a seafood business in 1946 called Mrs. Paul’s. The Kosciuszko House opened in 1976.
Interesting Oddity:
The Wall Street Journal says, “George Washington often praised Kosciuszko in his correspondence and unsuccessfully asked Congress to promote him—despite spelling his name 11 different ways in his letters, including Kosiusko, Koshiosko, and Cosieski.” It’s a very tough name to spell. I know.
Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/polish-patriot-who-helped-americans-beat-british-180962430/