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Kościuszko's Monument is a pedestal and statue of Polish General Tadeusz Kościuszko at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Kościuszko designed the defenses of the West Point garrison from 1778–1780 during the height of the Revolutionary War, when George Washington considered West Point to be the most important military post in America. The pedestal and shaft of the monument was first proposed in 1825 by John Latrobe, and dedicated in 1828.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=American Association of the Friends of Kosciuszko at West Point, Inc )〕 The statue, designed by D. Borja, was later added in 1913.〔 Kosciuszko, having attended the Royal Knights School in Warsaw and audited classes at the Ecole Militaire, advocated the establishment of an American military school for officers, a subject on which he wrote Jefferson many times.〔Storozynski, A., 2009, The Peasant Prince, New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 9780312388027〕 After Jefferson established the academy, General William Davie requested Kosciuszko write the manual, Manoeuvres of Horse Artillery, which became a textbook at the academy.〔 ==References== Image:Kosciuszko%27s_Monument_engraving_(close)_West_Point_NY.JPG|Closeup of engraving Image:Kosciuskos' Plaque (East Side).jpg|Front of monument Image:Kosciuszko's Monument USMA back side.jpg|Back of monument Image:Koscuiszko's Monument and garden before statue emplaced.jpg|The pedestal c1900, before the statue was implaced Image:Kosciuszko%27s_Monument_at_West_Point_seen_from_the_Hudson_River.JPG|Monument seen from Hudson River 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kosciuszko's Monument (West Point)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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