Pulaski Monument, Monterey Square, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA.

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General Count Casimir Pulaski was memorialized for his loyalty to the cause of liberty during the American Revolutionary War. Pulaski, who was born in Lithuania, began his military career by rebelling against Stanislaw II, the last King of Poland. Having been condemned to death for his actions in Poland, he escaped and made his way to Paris. In Paris he was recruited by Benjamin Franklin to join the American cause for liberty. After arriving in America in July 1777, Pulaski was commissioned a brigadier-general. Before organizing his ow legion in Maryland, he fought with General Washington in Brandywine and Germantown. General Pulaski was mortally wounded on the 9th of October 1779 while fighting with the Pulaski Legion in the Siege of Savannah. In testimony to Pulaski's loyalty, John Stevens (1825) writes "...the brave Pulaski who despairing of the cause of liberty in his own country his life while contending for the freedom of ." From:

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Location: Pulaski Monument, Monterey Square, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA.
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