Monument to Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski

Monument to Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski

Subject (Topic)
Roger Williams Park--Rhode Island--Providence
South Elmwood--Neighborhoods--Rhode Island--Providence
Monuments--Rhode Island--Providence

Subject (Name)
Pulaski, Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor, 1745-1779

Subject (Object)
Commemorative sculpture

Italian sculptor Ercole Drei modeled the equestrian statue; Guido Nincheri designed the base. The monument shows General Pulaski mounted on a horse, who is rearing back on its hind legs. Ready for battle, Pulaski holds an upraised arm with sword in hand and pulls hard on the reins of his horse, whose mouth is wide, nostrils flared, and ears pointed upward. Dressed in a coat with epaulettes and high boots, Pulaski is shown charging forward.

Drei, Ercole, 1886-1973 (sculpture)
Nincheri, Guido, 1885-1973 (design)

Photographs by Eric Sung, Professor, Providence College

May 31, 1953

General Pulaski Bicentennial Memorial Committee of Rhode Island: Reverend Bronislaus S. Rosiak (chairman); William J. Racewicz (treasurer)

City of Providence, 25 Dorrance Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States

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English

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Roger Williams Park, FC Greene Memorial Boulevard, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States

Bronze plaque on front of monument:
Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski
Soldier of Liberty
American Revolutionary Hero
1747-1779


This monument was erected by the Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Bi-Centennial memorial committee of Rhode Island in memory of Casimir Pulaski. A Revolutionary Hero of two continents. He distinguished himself in the battles of: Brandywine: Germantown: Valley Forge: Egg Harbor: Warren Tavern: White Marsh: Haddonfield: Charlestown: and Savannah.

Brigadier General. United States
Father of the American Cavalry
Marshal General of Poland

While leading his famous "Pulaski Legion" on a charge through British lines in the battle of Savannah, Georgia, he was mortally wounded on the 9th day of October 1779 and died two days later at the age of thirty two.

Casimir Pulaski died as he had lived, a martyr to the cause of American Freedom and he has become a symbol of undaunted courage and spirit to lovers of freedom everywhere.

Statue: 168 in. (426.72 cm)
Base: 168 in. (426.72 cm)

Bronze; Granite

"Pulaski Statue Drive Launched." Providence Journal, October 16, 1950.

"Poles Will Honor Pulaski Sunday: Memorial Committee Announces Statue of Polish Hero to be Unveiled Next Year." Providence Journal, October 12, 1951.

"Pulaski Statue Due. To Be Unloaded in Boston Today, Then Brought Here." Providence Journal, April 29, 1953.

"Statue of Pulaski Set Up in Park." Providence Journal, May 1, 1953.

"Proclamation: ‘Justice for Poland Day.’ By Dennis J Roberts, Governor." Providence Journal, May 28, 1953.

"3000 Attend Dedication of Gen. Pulaski Statue. Crowd Hears Prayers for Persecuted Poles at ‘Justice for Poland Day’ Rites in Park." Providence Journal, June 1, 1953.

Johnson, Albert R. "Stashue of Genneral ‘Pulashi’ Deescribd Vury Badlee, Indedd: It Seems the Bronze Inscription Was Cast in Italy and ‘Justice for Poland’ Day Came Too Soon, Alas." Providence Journal, July 1, 1953.

"Two of Poland’s Great Men Honored at Park Services." Providence Journal, October 10, 1955.

Whyte, J. Bruce. "Page 2: Behind Pulaski’s Polish is Walter." Providence Journal, April 27, 1980.

Wytrwal, Joseph A. "Memorials to General Casimir Pulaski in the United States." The Georgia Historical Quarterly 44, no. 3 (September 1960): 245-262. (See pages 253-254.)

Department of Art, Culture, Tourism, City of Providence