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Casimir Pulaski Mound & Memorial

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Details:

Just off the road north if the town of Roma; located on private property.

Commemorative Object

The monument is situated on a mound has the shape of a prism made of sandstone, topped with a bronze cast figure of an eagle rising to flight. The height of the monument is about 7 m. On the front wall of the monument there is a medallion with Kazimierz Pulaski's bust, and an inscription is engraved below.

The memorial remembers the Polish-American Patriot General Casmir Pulaski who was killed at the Battle of Savanah on October 9, 1779 during the American Revolution and is considered the Father of the American Cavalry."

The monument and mound were erected to honor General Kazimierz Pulaski (1745-1779), on the 150th anniversary of his death, a hero of two nations fighting for independence: Poland and the United States of America, one of the leaders of the Bar Confederation.

The mound is located here as Pulaski participated in the Battle of Roma Pass between the Bar Confederation and Russia in 1770. The mound was built in the early 1900s.

During World War II the monument was destroyed. The Germans smashed the eagle; the plaque with an image of Pulaski and an inscription saved the local people from destruction and hid them. In 1969, mainly thanks to the efforts of the Polish Philatelic Association Circle in Krynica, the monument was rebuilt.  On May 4, 1969, the 190-year anniversary of General Pulaski's death, his monument erected on a mound was unveiled again. In the 1990s, the city of Krynica presented the area with the mound of the Krakow Agricultural Academy, which was to be the guarantor of the monument's care. However, the university sold the land with the mound to a private person and the memorial now sits on private property.

Source: http://monuments-remembrance.eu/en/panstwa/polska-2/466-pomnik-kazimierza-pulaskiego-2

Monument Text:

The translated text on the monument reads:

To Kazimierz Pulaski, the Compatriots

Commemorates:

Units:

United States Army

United States Cavalry

Wars:

American Revolutionary War