Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p General Casimir Pulaski is a bronze equestrian statue, by Kazimierz Chodziński. It is located at Freedom Plaza, 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.It shows a mounted figure of General Casimir Pulaski. It was authorized on February 27, 1903, and dedicated on May 11, 1910.The inscription reads:(Base, left side:) BRANDY WINEVALLEY FORGEEGG HARBOR (Base, back rounded end:) BRIGADIER GENERAL USMARSHAL GENERAL POLAND (Base, right side:) CHARLESTOWNSAVANNAHGERMANTOWN (Base, front rounded end:) BRIGADIER GENERALCASIMIR PULASKI1741-1779FELL IN BATTLE AT SAVANNAH (Base plaque:) BRIGADIER GENERALCASIMIR PULASKI1748-1779THE BRONZE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF BRIGADIER GENERAL CASIMIR PULASKI,PORTRAYS THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO INTHE UNIFORM OF A POLISH CAVALRY COMMANDER.BORN IN WNIARY, POLAND ON MARCH 4, 1748TO A NOBLE FAMILY, PULASKI GAINED PROMINENCE IN EUROPE FOR HIS ROLE INDEFENDING LIBERTY IN POLAND. EXCITED BYTHE STRUGGLE OF THE EMERGING AMERICAN REPUBLIC, PULASKI JOINED IN ITS FIGHTFOR INDEPENDENCE, ARRIVING IN BOSTONIN JULY, 1777.PULASKI WAS GIVEN A COMMISSION ASBRIGADIER GENERAL AND CHIEF OF CAVALRYIN COMMAND OF ALL CAVALRY OF THE AMERICANFORCES. HE WAS PRESENT AT GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA AND LED HIS LEGION ATHADDONFIELD, NEW JERSEY; EGG HARBOR,NEW JERSEY; CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA;AND SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.AT SAVANNAH, PULASKI WAS MORTALLYWOUNDED AND WAS TAKEN ABOARD THEAMERICAN BRIG, WASP, WHERE HE DIED ANDWAS BURIED AT SEA, ON OCTOBER 11, 1779.HE WAS 31 YEARS OLD.THE STATUE WAS DESIGNED BY THESCULPTOR KAZIMIERZ CHODZINSKI ANDARCHITECT ALBERT R. ROSS. IT WASERECTED IN 1910.As part of American Revolution Statuary in Washington, D.C. the statue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.. }
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- General_Casimir_Pulaski_(statue) abstract "General Casimir Pulaski is a bronze equestrian statue, by Kazimierz Chodziński. It is located at Freedom Plaza, 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.It shows a mounted figure of General Casimir Pulaski. It was authorized on February 27, 1903, and dedicated on May 11, 1910.The inscription reads:(Base, left side:) BRANDY WINEVALLEY FORGEEGG HARBOR (Base, back rounded end:) BRIGADIER GENERAL USMARSHAL GENERAL POLAND (Base, right side:) CHARLESTOWNSAVANNAHGERMANTOWN (Base, front rounded end:) BRIGADIER GENERALCASIMIR PULASKI1741-1779FELL IN BATTLE AT SAVANNAH (Base plaque:) BRIGADIER GENERALCASIMIR PULASKI1748-1779THE BRONZE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF BRIGADIER GENERAL CASIMIR PULASKI,PORTRAYS THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO INTHE UNIFORM OF A POLISH CAVALRY COMMANDER.BORN IN WNIARY, POLAND ON MARCH 4, 1748TO A NOBLE FAMILY, PULASKI GAINED PROMINENCE IN EUROPE FOR HIS ROLE INDEFENDING LIBERTY IN POLAND. EXCITED BYTHE STRUGGLE OF THE EMERGING AMERICAN REPUBLIC, PULASKI JOINED IN ITS FIGHTFOR INDEPENDENCE, ARRIVING IN BOSTONIN JULY, 1777.PULASKI WAS GIVEN A COMMISSION ASBRIGADIER GENERAL AND CHIEF OF CAVALRYIN COMMAND OF ALL CAVALRY OF THE AMERICANFORCES. HE WAS PRESENT AT GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA AND LED HIS LEGION ATHADDONFIELD, NEW JERSEY; EGG HARBOR,NEW JERSEY; CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA;AND SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.AT SAVANNAH, PULASKI WAS MORTALLYWOUNDED AND WAS TAKEN ABOARD THEAMERICAN BRIG, WASP, WHERE HE DIED ANDWAS BURIED AT SEA, ON OCTOBER 11, 1779.HE WAS 31 YEARS OLD.THE STATUE WAS DESIGNED BY THESCULPTOR KAZIMIERZ CHODZINSKI ANDARCHITECT ALBERT R. ROSS. IT WASERECTED IN 1910.As part of American Revolution Statuary in Washington, D.C. the statue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.".