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Cooper River Park Monuments

located at North Park Drive, near Route 130, Pennsauken, New Jersey

Pulaski Coordinates: N 39° 55.634 W 075° 04.983 18S E 492903 N 4419684 Originally installed by the city of Camden in Pulaski Park, Haddon Avenue & Stevens Street, Camden, New Jersey 1936-1984. The sculpture was relocated and rededicated by the South Jersey Division of the Polish American Congress. IAS files contain conflicting reports as to the date of the sculpture's relocation. The plaque on the sculpture's base reports the sculpture was rededicated November 14, 1982. There are two white marble benches flanking the monument, the lettering reads: (left) Polish American Citizens Club; and (right) Polish American Congress So. Jersey Division.

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Kosciuszko Coordinates: N 39° 55.634 W 075° 04.995 18S E 492886 N 4419684 The bust/statue to General Thaddeus Kosciuszko was dedicated by the Polish American Congress, South Jersey Division on October 14, 1984. Sculptor unknown. It, and the neighboring Pulaski monument, both are about 14 feet tall (measured from the ground to the top of the bust). There are two polished stone benches which sit in front of the monument, flanking it on the left and right. On the front profile of the left one, it reads: Friends of Polish Army Veterans Post #121. The right reads: Polish Army Veterans Post #121.

Polish Veterans' Monument A memorial marker which pays tribute to Polish veterans of World War II is located between the two busts of Pulaski and Kosciuszko. Behind it is a flagpole flying the American flag. The two original monuments to Thaddeus Kosciusko and Casimir Pulaski were joined in 1995 by a new monument dedicated to those members of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church located at 10th & Liberty Streets in Camden who gave their lives for our country in World War II. Information from a plaque inside the church was the basis for this monument.

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