Count Casimir Pulaski - Wyandotte, MI - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The statue of Count Casimir Pulaski is located in Pulaski Park on 12th street south of Walnut. The statue, dedicated in 1938 depicts Count Pulaski and was originally cast in concrete. The statue was shipped to the New York World’s Fair in 1939, and remained there until the Detroit Institute of Arts acquired it. It was then given to Wyandotte, to be place in Pulaski park. As a result of its extensive decay, the statue was re-cast in bronze in 1991, and rededicated to the city -Wyandotte Sculptures

The text on the plaque at the base of the marker reads:
COUNT CASIMIR PULASKI
FATHER OF AMERICAN CAVALRY
BORN IN POLAND 1747
CAME TO AMERICA 1777
ENTERED AS VOLUNTEER. DISTINGUISHED
HIMSELF AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE.
PROMOTED TO RANK OF BRIG GENERAL,
WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE SIEGE
OF SAVANNAH, GA. DIED IN 1779

The 1991 bronze statue was cast from an original cement statue of Pulaski. The original cement statue had been made in 1937 in Poland. It was exhibited at the New York World's Fair, where it remained until 1940, when it was acquired by the Detroit Institute of Arts. In 1942, the museum donated the statue to the City of Wyandotte for its new Pulaski Park, dedicated Oct. 16, 1938. The cement statue deteriorated, and this bronze copy was cast by Giorgio Gikas of Venus Bronze Works (who retains the original). -Smithsonian Listing

TITLE: Count Casimir Pulaski ARTIST(S): Unknown, (Polish) DATE: Original 1937, Recast 1991 MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MI000342 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: It is at the east end of Pulaski Park in Wyandotte, Michigan. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Nothing of note. Still in Pulaski Park and in good condition.

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