Georgia's landmarks, memorials and legends . tted to the same receptacle. Directly overthe spot which marks the last resting-x) is a wreathof bronze, there place^l by Savannah Chai>ter of theDaughters of the American Eevolution land unveiled atthe time of re-interment. Though it was designed oiiginalJy th«t the monumentto (,ount Pulaski shiould stand in Chippewa square, theoomerJsitone, on October 11, 1853, was relaid in ]\tont-erey square; and, on January 9, 1855, the superbstructure was dedicated with impressi\e ceremonies. Itis fifty feet in height; a column of solid marble restingu
Georgia's landmarks, memorials and legends . tted to the same receptacle. Directly overthe spot which marks the last resting-x) is a wreathof bronze, there place^l by Savannah Chai>ter of theDaughters of the American Eevolution land unveiled atthe time of re-interment. Though it was designed oiiginalJy th«t the monumentto (,ount Pulaski shiould stand in Chippewa square, theoomerJsitone, on October 11, 1853, was relaid in ]\tont-erey square; and, on January 9, 1855, the superbstructure was dedicated with impressi\e ceremonies. Itis fifty feet in height; a column of solid marble restingupon a base of granite and surmoimted by a statue ofthe goddess of liberty, holding a wieath in her out-stretcihed hand. On each of the four comers of the baseis chiseled an inverted cannon, emblematic of loss andmourning. The coats-of-arms of both Poland and Geor-gia, entwined with branches of laurel, oniiiment the cor-nices, wihile tlie bird of freedom rests upon both. Pulaski,on an elegant tablet of bronze, is i>ortrayed in the act of. Savannahs Eevolutionary Monuments 105 falling, mortally wounded, from his horse, at the time ofthe famous seige; and the whole is a work of consummateart. It was executed in Italy at a cost of $18,000 and wasconsidered at the time one of the most elegant memorialsin America. The inscription on the monument reads: Pulaski, the Heroic Pole, who fell mortallywounded, fighting for American Liberty at the siegeof Savannah, October 9, 1779. Underneath the monument, soon after the laying ofthe corner-stone, were placed what at the time were sup-posed to be the remains of the gallant foreigner. These,having been exhumed at Greenwich, on Augustine Creek,the traditional place of Pulaskis burial, were placed be-side the corner-stone, in a receptacle specially designedfor them. The conformity of the remains to such a manas Pulaski, ascertained upon an anatomical examinationby medical experts, decided the commissioners to placethe remains beneath the st
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