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==Legacies== [[Image:MadamModeska.JPG|thumb|Modjeska in her garden at Arden in [[Modjeska Canyon]], California<ref>{{cite journal |last=Inkersley |first=Arthur |author-link=Arthur Inkersley |date=February 1911 |title=Modjeska's Life in California |journal=Overland Monthly |volume=LVII |issue=2 |pages=178–185 }}</ref>]] [[Modjeska House|Arden]], Modjeska's home from 1888 to 1906, is a registered [[National Historic Landmark]]. Named for her are: * Modjeska Park in Anaheim, California (33°48'53"N 117°57'8"W) * Helene Street in Anaheim, California * [[Modjeska Canyon, California]] (where Arden is located) * Modjeska Falls, California, at the Glen Alpine Springs Resort * [[Modjeska Peak]] (the north peak of [[Saddleback (Orange County, California)|Saddleback Mountain]]). * Bouquet Helena Modjeska by American perfumer [[John Blocki]] of Prussian and Polish descent * [[Modjeska (confection)|Modjeska]]s, a caramel-covered marshmallow confection invented in 1889 by a local candy-maker named Anton Busath (and later made by other candy-makers, including Bauer's Candies, Muth's Candies and [[Schimpff's Confectionery]]) in her honor when she visited Louisville, Kentucky. * A street in [[Wrocław]], formerly named after the German actress [[Agnes Sorma]] when the city was part of Germany as Breslau. * [[Modjeska Youth Theater Company]] in Milwaukee, Wisconsin * A Pullman car, the Helena Modjeska, was named for her. * SS Helena Modjeska, a 7,000 ton US cargo steamer that ran aground on [[Goodwin Sands]] in 1946.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ramsgatehistory.com/forum/index.php?topic=696.0|title=SS Helena Modjeska|website=www.ramsgatehistory.com|access-date=2016-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125050057/http://www.ramsgatehistory.com/forum/index.php?topic=696.0|archive-date=2016-11-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> A statue of Modjeska is located outside the Pearson Park Amphitheater in Anaheim, California. Modjeska was the mother of bridge engineer [[Ralph Modjeski]] and godmother to artist-author-philosopher [[Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz]] (son of artist [[Stanisław Witkiewicz]], who almost accompanied Modjeska and her family to California in 1876). She was also the aunt of artist [[Władysław T. Benda]]. She was godmother to American actress [[Ethel Barrymore]].
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