
Pulaski Monument - Easthampton, MA
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N 42° 16.319 W 072° 40.288
18T E 692025 N 4682600
The Pulaski Monument is located on the north part of the Main Street Park in Easthampton, MA
Waymark Code: WMFX33
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2012
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The Town of Easthampton installed in Main Street Park a granite monument honoring Polish-American General Casmir Pulaski. A 6' by 3' by 1' monument is engraved with incised with the crossed American flag on the left and White Eagle flag of Poland on the right. An eagle with its wings outspread stands between the flags. Below the flags are crossed olive branches.
The monument was erected on October 11, 1929, on the 150th anniversary of the death of General Pulaski due to woulds he received in Savannah, GA during the American Revolution. Below the image is the inscription:
IN MEMORY OF
GENERAL CASIMIR PULASKI
REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO
AND CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN
CAVALRY, WHO GAVE HIS LIFE
FOR THE FREEDOM OF OUR
COUNTRY. OCT. 1, 1779
AT SAVANNAGH, GA.
ERECTED BY
THE CITIZENS OF EASTHAMPTON OCT. 11, 1929