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

Casimir Pulaski

1748-1779

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 5, 2022

1. Casimir Pulaski Marker

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.

Erected 1947 by Sidney Waugh, sculptor.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 39° 58.018′ N, 75° 10.951′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Fairmount Park. It can be reached from the intersection of Fairmont Avenue and Aquarium Drive. In the Garden of Heroes, behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Philadelphia PA 19130, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: John Paul Jones (a few steps from this marker); General Nathanael Greene (within shouting distance of this marker); Richard Montgomery (within shouting distance of this marker); Friedrich von Steuben (within shouting distance of this marker); Lafayette (within shouting distance of this marker); Major General Peter Mülenberg (within shouting distance of this marker); William Rush

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Arch & Standpipe (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map 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 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Wroblewski, circa May 1999

2. Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2010, by Joseph Wroblewski of Hamilton, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,343 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on February 8, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on April 14, 2010, by Joseph Wroblewski of Hamilton, New Jersey. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.