Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Marker

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Providence in Providence County, Rhode Island — The American Northeast (New England)

Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski

By Bryan Simmons, July 2012

1. Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Marker

Inscription. Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski
Soldier of Liberty
American Revolutionary Hero
1747-1779
This monument was erected by the Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Bi-Centennial memorial committee of Rhode Island in memory of Casimir Pulaski. A Revolutionary Hero of two continents. He distinguished himself in the battles of: Brandywine: Germantown: Valley Forge:Egg Harbor: Warren Tavern: WhiteMarsh: Haddonfield: Chalestown: and Savannah.

Brigadier General. United States
Father of the American Cavalry
Marshal General of Poland
While leading his famous "Pulaski Legion" on a charge through British lines in the battle of Savannah, Georgia, he was mortally wounded on the 9th day of October 1779 and died two days later at the age of thirty two.

Casimir Pulaski died as he had lived, a martyr to the cause of American Freedom and he has become a symbol of undaunted courage and spirit to lovers of freedom everywhere.

Marker series. This marker is included in the Markers Attached to Sculpture marker series.

Location. 41° 47.135′ N, 71° 24.923′ W. Marker is in Providence, Rhode Island, in Providence County. Marker is on F C Greene Memorial Blvd., on the left when traveling south

Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Photo, Click for full size

By Bryan Simmons, July 2012

2. Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski

Sculpture by Guido Nincheri - 1953

. Click for map. Located in Roger Williams Park. Marker is in this post office area: Providence RI 02905, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. The Bicentennial of Haitian Independence (approx. 0.3 miles away); Marconi (approx. 0.3 miles away); Prince Hall Masonic Lodge F.A.M. (approx. 1.3 miles away); Prince Hall (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Second Freewill Baptist (Pond Street) Church (approx. 1.5 miles away); Thomas A. Doyle (approx. 2.4 miles away); Beneficent Congregational Church (approx. 2.4 miles away); Repentance for Slavery (approx. 2.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Providence.

Credits. This page originally submitted on July 20, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 97 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 20, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.