General Casimir Pulaski (statue)

General Casimir Pulaski is a bronze equestrian statue, by Kazimierz Chodziński. It is located at Freedom Plaza, 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, 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 inscriptions read:

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