Kosciuszko's Garden

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Kosciuszko's Garden
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Steps leading up from the garden, July 2008
Kosciuszko's Garden is located in New York
Kosciuszko's Garden
Location West Point, New York
Nearest city Highland Falls, New York
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Created 1778
Operated by Federal government

Kosciuszko's Garden is a small retreat garden built by Tadeusz Kosciuszko on the side of a cliff overlooking the Hudson River at West Point, New York.[1] First constructed in 1778, it still offers visitors and cadets a place of quiet tranquility during the warmer months.[2] The "General Edward L. Rowny Family Endowment" was established to further sustain perpetual care and maintenance of the Garden and to dedicate a plaque commemorating the occasion.

Dr. James Thacher described it in his diary, "Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a gentleman of distinction from Poland...amused himself while stationed on the point, in laying out a curious garden in a deep valley, abounding more in rocks than soil. I was gratified in viewing his curious water fountain with jets and cascades."[3]:71

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  3. Storozynski, A., 2009, The Peasant Prince, New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 9780312388027