no this is about thaddeus kosciuszko "the peasant prince: thaddeus kosciuszko and the age of revolution he was a prince of toll rents who stood up for5 all races religions and genders. he was probably the greatest humanitarian of his era in 1817 when the news of death4m and ee in europe, funeral masses were held in catholic, lutheran and calvinist churches even jewish temples and muslim mosques held services where worshippers prayed for god to take his soul to heavy. think about it europe had gone+ religious strife yet everybody prayed for his soul. kosciuszko was born in feudalistic europe where the commonwealth spanned from the black sea all the way to thete baltic. his family had a modest estate and under feudalalism if you owned land the people owned them so they owned 31 peasant families that tilled the earth. in feudalism the families that owned these slaves, these slaves worked from day until night. but poland had a form of democracy where the kings were elected and their king at the time of kosciuszko's birth was augustus and he was elected thanks to the help of his lover kath

this is about thaddeus kosciuszko, the peasant prince and the age of revolution. kosciuszko was a prince of tolerance and stub for the disenfranchised of races, religions and genders and was probably the greatest humanitarian of the era. in 1817 when the news of his death and exile in switzerland spread funeral mass is withheld in catholic, lutheran and calvinist churches even jewish temples and muslim mosques health services where the worshipers prayed for god to take kosciuszko's sold to heaven. think about it. it europe have gone through decades of ethnic and religious strife yet everybody pay for his soul. kosciuszko was born in feudalistic year of at a time the polish life of the ne commonwealth banned from the black sea to the baltic. kosciuszko's family had a modest estate and under feudalism if you own the land he owned the people on the land. so his family owned 31 peasant families told the fields that belong to his family. feudalism, the families that owned slaves, these slaves worked from day on till night. but poland had a form of democracy were the kin

storoczynski executive director and president of the kosciuszko foundation, recounts the life of thaddeus kosciuszko, an immigrant to the u.s. who became an engineer in the e continental army and fortified philadelphia and devised battle plans for the victory in saratoga and following the war returned to poland and became commander-in-chief though polish army and the polish embassy in washington d.c. hosted this event. it is an hour. [applause]. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming. just to make sure everybody is in the right place, for those of you who thought this was a public hearing on the kosciuszko bridge... that would be taking place place at the dot headquarters. this is also, not about the kosciuszko twin bridges north of albany, new york, or this is not about kosciuszko, mississippi, birthplace of the lovely oprah winfrey and some of you may have heard of kosciuszko county, indiana or one of many other statues and places in america, named after kosciuszko. and those of you who thought this was going to be a discussion about kosciuszko mustard... that discussion takes place at your

can't remember exactly when, there was a play done about kosciuszko and about his life in switzerland. and he lived with a swiss family thaddeus a growing-up daughter, i don't remember 17 or something. and kosciuszko supposedly tutored her in various subjects and the girl fell in love with him. and i just wonder if it was a complete fantasy of the playwright whose name, unfortunately, i can't remember or there was a touch ofívh trut about it? at the same time, when i witnessed this play, it was so sad that this great hero of america in poland ended up with a, you know, bourgeois swiss family tutoring a young girl and actually nobody really knew who he was, though, he had some visitors from poland. according to the play. and i wonder if you could comment about this. >> well, kosciuszko dedicated the last years of his life to education and specifically education of serfs in poland, and in france. and, yes, he did tutor the daughter of a mr. zeltner and he was very involved with different theories on education and there was one educator and there was one educator that kosciuszko became very involved with and tried to introduce hi