General Casimir Pulaski is a bronze

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 equestrian statue, by Kasimir Chodzinski. It is located at Freedom Plaza

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, 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue

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, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

It shows a mounted figure of General Casimir Pulaski. It was authorized on February 27, 1903, and dedicated on May 11, 1910.

The inscription reads:

(Base, left side:)

BRANDY WINE

VALLEY FORGE

EGG HARBOR

(Base, back rounded end:)

BRIGADIER GENERAL US

MARSHAL GENERAL POLAND

(Base, right side:)

CHARLESTOWN

SAVANNAH

GERMANTOWN

(Base, front rounded end:)

BRIGADIER GENERAL

CASIMIR PULASKI

1741-1779

FELL IN BATTLE AT SAVANNAH

(Base plaque:)

BRIGADIER GENERAL

CASIMIR PULASKI

1748-1779

THE BRONZE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF BRIGADIER GENERAL CASIMIR PULASKI,

PORTRAYS THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO IN

THE UNIFORM OF A POLISH CAVALRY COMMANDER.

BORN IN WNIARY, POLAND ON MARCH 4, 1748

TO A NOBLE FAMILY, PULASKI GAINED PROMINENCE IN EUROPE FOR HIS ROLE IN

DEFENDING LIBERTY IN POLAND. EXCITED BY

THE STRUGGLE OF THE EMERGING AMERICAN REPUBLIC, PULASKI JOINED IN ITS FIGHT

FOR INDEPENDENCE, ARRIVING IN BOSTON

IN JULY, 1777.

PULASKI WAS GIVEN A COMMISSION AS

BRIGADIER GENERAL AND CHIEF OF CAVALRY

IN COMMAND OF ALL CAVALRY OF THE AMERICAN

FORCES. HE WAS PRESENT AT GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA AND LED HIS LEGION AT

HADDONFIELD, NEW JERSEY; EGG HARBOR,

NEW JERSEY; CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA;

AND SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

AT SAVANNAH, PULASKI WAS MORTALLY

WOUNDED AND WAS TAKEN ABOARD THE

AMERICAN BRIG, WASP, WHERE HE DIED AND

WAS BURIED AT SEA, ON OCTOBER 11, 1779.

HE WAS 31 YEARS OLD.

THE STATUE WAS DESIGNED BY THE

SCULPTOR KAZIMIERZ CHODZINSKI AND

ARCHITECT ALBERT R. ROSS. IT WAS

ERECTED IN 1910.

As part of American Revolution Statuary

American Revolution Statuary

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 in Washington, D.C. the statue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

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