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In Commemoration of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski

 
 
In Commemoration of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 13, 2018
1. In Commemoration of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Marker
Inscription.
Father of American Cavalry
Born in Poland March 4, 1748
Died in the service of
the American colonies
at the siege of
Savannah, Georgia
October 11, 1779

 
Erected 1931 by Stephen C. Szumiglala, Post No. 416, American Legion, Polish Army Veterans Association Post No. 17, and the People of Erie.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 42° 8.133′ N, 80° 3.323′ W. Memorial is in Erie, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It is on East 10th Street west of Hess Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1214 East 10th Street, Erie PA 16503, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee
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(Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski (within shouting distance of this marker); Captain C. V. Gridley (approx. 0.7 miles away); Erie's Land Lighthouse (approx. 0.7 miles away); Erie Land Lighthouse (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named Erie Land Lighthouse (approx. 0.7 miles away); James N. Thompson Land Lighthouse Park (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named Erie Land Lighthouse (approx. 0.7 miles away); Erie Land Lighthouse Keepers (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Erie.
 
In Commemoration of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 13, 2018
2. In Commemoration of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 19, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 374 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 16, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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