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Poles in the United States |
Teaching history in American schools is not a such that one could be proud of. This is largely the reason why people are ambivalent to think in broader context.
Generally this page is for providing information about presence of Polish community in shaping the history of America. We invite you to send us a picture of any landmark (monument, historic marker, name of town, or building, etc.) concerning Polish community in the United States. If possible please attach a short description, location and dates. Please send it to The American Institute of Polish Culture by mail or by E-mail.
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There is so many counties, cities, and towns in the US named Kosciuszko and Pulaski but if you asked resident of it or any student what these names mean you may be sure that almost all what you will get as an answer is going to be a shrug. On the other hand they most probably would know the names like Bismarck, and Drake who were enemies of the United States.
The text on the historic marker on the picture reads:
The great Polish patriot to whose memory this monument is erected was mortally wounded approximately one-half mile north-west of this spot during the assault by the French and American forces on the British lines around Savannah. October 9, 1779. General Pulaski was struck by a grapeshot as he rode forward with customary ardor, from where his cavalry was stationed to rally the disorganized Allied columns. The fatal ball which was removed from his thigh by Dr. James Lynah of South Carolina is in possession of the Georgia Historical Society at Savannah. Doubt and uncertainty exist as to where Pulaski died and as to his burial place. A contemporary Charlestown, S. C. newspaper item and other sources indicate that he died aboard a ship bound for the port. It was generally believed that he was buried at sea. A tradition persisted, however, that General Pulaski died at Greenwich plantation near Savannah and that he was buried there. When the monument here was under erection the grave at Greenwich was opened. The remains found there conformed, in the opinion of physicians, to a man of Pulaski's age and stature and were re-interred beneath this memorial in a metalic case in 1854. |
(Reprinted from the book True Heroes of Jamestown)
"Polish Tablet" at Jamestown, Virginia, officially unveiled May 13, 1958, by Arthur L. Waldo at the ceremony arranged by the Virginia 350th Anniversary commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia."
It reads: "1608 - 1958, First Poles, Landed in Jamestown, Virginia October 1608. Arrived aboard British sailer "Mary and Margaret"
Michal Lowicki, Zbigniew Stefanski, Jan Bogdan, Jan Mata, Stanislaw Sadowski
Donated by Polish Falcons of America |
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX years after Thaddeus Kosciuszko offered his services to the Continental Congress of the United States, his bronze cast likeness was enshrined in Williams Park in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida on July 4, 2002. Kosciuszko was selected for enshrinement to emphasize to our fellow Americans a historical truth - that there is a long history of Polish contributions to the developing history and culture of America.
SEE ALSO: Kosciuszko's Emancipation Plan and
Kosciuszko's Will |
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