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Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski (Polish: [kaˈʑimjɛʂ puˈwaskʲi] ⓘ; March 4 or 6, 1745 [a] – October 11, 1779), anglicized as Casimir Pulaski (/ ˈ k æ z ɪ m ɪər p ə ˈ l æ s k i / KAZ-im-eer pə-LASK-ee), was a Polish nobleman, [b] soldier, and military commander who has been called "The Father of American cavalry" or "The Soldier of Liberty".
It shows a mounted figure of Pulaski, holding the reins to his horse, while wearing his Polish military uniform. There is a large plaque on the base of the marble statue. The statue is one of 14 American Revolution statues in Washington, D.C., that were collectively listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
civil engineer, military territorial administrator, Treasury Department clerk, customs agent Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski ( [vwɔˈd͡ʑimjɛʂ kʂɨʐaˈnɔfski] ; in some sources, misspelled Wladimir Krzyzanowski ; 8 July 1824 – 31 January 1887) was a Polish-American engineer, politician, and brigadier general in the Union Army .
The Polish historian Stanisław Herbst states in the 1967 Polish Biographical Dictionary that Kościuszko may be Poland's and the world's most popular Pole ever. [120] There are monuments to him around the world, beginning with the Kościuszko Mound at Kraków, erected in 1820–23 by men, women, and children bringing earth from the ...
Frank D. Henderson, John R. Rea, and Jane Down Dailey: The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio, The F. J. Heer Printing Co., Columbus, O., 1929, p. 69
Michael Kovats de Fabriczy (often simply Michael Kovats; Hungarian: Kováts Mihály; 1724 [2] – May 11, 1779) was a Hungarian nobleman and cavalry officer [3] who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, in which he was killed in action.
An ancient burial site filled with human and animal bones was recently unearthed in Poland, officials said. The site was found during road construction in Srebrzyszcze, a village along the Poland ...
Marietta, Ohio: Marietta Register Print – via Internet Archive. There is no spot west of the Alleghenies of more historic interest than the old Mound Cemetery of Marietta, for in it are buried many of the pioneers of the Great Northwest. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR): American Monthly, Vol. 16, Jan–Jun 1900, R. R. Bowker Co ...