Location: City hall, Pulaski, Tennessee
Sponsored by: City Councilmen and Aldermen
The town of Pulaski was named after him when it was incorporated by an act of the Tennessee legislature on November 14, 1809.
Count Casimir Pulaski, for whom the town of Pulaski was named, was born of Polish nobility in 1748.
He had already achieved renown in Europe as a courageous cavalry officer by the time he met Ben Franklin in Paris and was persuaded to join the American Continental Army.
He arrived in the U.S. in 1777, and was of critical help to General Washington in the battle of Valley Forge, and became one of the foremost heroes of our young nation.
Pulaski was a Polish Couint and a man born of nobility. He continued to wear his royal cape and clothing even when when fighting to help liberate the fledgling republic of America break free of the rule by the English king.
Pulaski is known as the father of the U.S. Calvary. He was the first person to hold the position as its commander. The curved sword was carried by all members of the U.S. Calvary.
He was mortally wounded by cannon fire in the battle of Savannah and died in 1779.