Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Marker

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Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski
1748-1779

Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Photo, Click for full size

By Joseph Wroblewski, circa May 20, 1999

1. Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski

Sculptured by Sidney Waugh in 1947. Part of the William M. Reilly Memorial at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Inscription. Native of Poland
General of the Continental Army
Despairing of liberty in his native land he volunteered his services to the American Patriots.
Gave his life at the siege of Savannah.

Location. 39° 58.018′ N, 75° 10.951′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Fairmont Avenue and Aquarium Drive. Click for map. In the Garden of Heroes, behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Marker is at or near this postal address: 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19130, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. The Solitude (approx. 0.8 miles away); All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors (approx. 0.8 miles away); Aero Memorial Pillar (approx. 0.8 miles away); The City Plan of Philadelphia (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Philadelphia Zoo (approx. 0.9 miles away); Meriwether Lewis (approx. 0.9 miles away); General Tadeusz Kosciuszko (approx. one mile away); Broad Street Station (approx. 1.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Philadelphia.

Also see . . . Casimir Pulaski at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on July 21, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Joseph Wroblewski, circa May 1999

2. Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on April 14, 2010, by Joseph Wroblewski of Hamilton, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 451 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 14, 2010, by Joseph Wroblewski of Hamilton, New Jersey. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.

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