Commemoration of Casimir Pulaski
was a Polish nobleman, soldier and military commander who has been called "the father of the American cavalry". He has had hundreds of monuments, memorial plaques, streets, parks and similar objects named after him.
Places
; Cities and towns- Pulaski, Tennessee
- Pulaski, Iowa
- Pulaski, Illinois
- Mount Pulaski, Illinois
- Pulaski, Wisconsin
- Pulaski, New York
- Pulaski County, Arkansas
- Pulaski County, Georgia
- Pulaski County, Illinois
- Pulaski County, Indiana
- Pulaski County, Kentucky
- Pulaski County, Missouri
- Pulaski County, Virginia
Parks
; Pulaski Park in Manchester, New Hampshire: Located at the corner of Union and Bridge streets, is home to equestrian statue of Pulaski.
; Casimir Pulaski Memorial Park in Chepachet, Rhode Island: Lies within the George Washington Management Area. The park features the Peck Pond, hiking, and cross-country skiing, and general recreation facilities.
; Pulaski Park in Hammond, Indiana: Located in the north part of Hammond, twp blocks square between Sheffield Avenue and Grover Avenue, and 137th and 139th Streets.
; Pulaski Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: sits along 20th Street, between Cleveland and Oklahoma Avenues.
; Pulaski Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Located along the Delaware River, adjacent to the Polish neighborhood of Port Richmond.
; Pulaski Park in Fall River, Massachusetts: A monument was erected in 1931, and a new flagpole and sign were dedicated in 2017
Roadways and bridges
; Pulaski Skyway: A 3.5-mile series of bridges between Jersey City and Newark, New Jersey that connects to the Holland Tunnel, opened in 1932.; Pulaski Skyway: Part of Interstate 93 in Boston, Massachusetts.
; Casimir Pulaski Highway: North-South Arterial, part of Routes 5, 8 and 12 in Utica, New York. There is also a statue of him on Utica's Memorial Parkway.
; Pulaski Bridge: Connects the neighborhoods of Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Long Island City, Queens. Greenpoint is one of the largest Polonias in America.
; Pulaski Boulevard: Home to a monument to Pulaski, located in Pulaski's Village, a development of the Mystic Islands in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, the location of the Little Egg Harbor massacre. The monument is the starting point for the town's Memorial Day celebration and parade.
; Pulaski Road: A major north-south road in Chicago, Illinois.
; Pulaski Avenue: Runs through Germantown, Philadelphia, the site of the Battle of Germantown in which Pulaski participated.
; Casimir Pulaski Memorial Highway: Interstate 65 through Lake County, Indiana.
; Pulaski Highway: U.S. Route 40 from Midvale, Delaware, to Baltimore, Maryland. The latter's Patterson Park also contains a monument to Pulaski.
; General Casimir Pulaski Way: NW 22nd Avenue in Miami, Florida.
; Other streets
- Riverhead, New York
- Pine Island, New York
- Huntington, New York
- Brooklyn, New York
- Hamtramck, Michigan
- Lansing, Michigan
- Calumet City, Illinois
- Bellingham, Massachusetts
- South Bend, Indiana
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Athens, Georgia
- Toledo, Ohio
- Peabody, Massachusetts
Holidays
; Casimir Pulaski Day: Celebrated predominantly in Chicago, Illinois since 1977 on the first Monday of March, when all state government buildings are closed. School districts have the option of observing Pulaski Day as a holiday.
; Pulaski Day: A mid-July holiday in Buffalo, New York, whose population consists of many Polish immigrants and their descendants, comprising an annual parade.
; Pulaski Days: A three-day celebration in Grand Rapids, Michigan on the first full weekend in October, in which the city's private Polish halls open their doors to the public. Most of the halls involved were established in the mid-to-late 19th century. They use this event as a fund raiser to maintain their non-profit organizations. The celebration of Polish heritage draws attendance from throughout Michigan as well as other areas of the country with populations of Polish origin.
Monuments
- Casimir Pulaski Monument in Savannah, Georgia.
- Pulaski Square also in Savannah, Georgia.
- Fort Pulaski National Monument on Cockspur Island between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia, which was active during the American Civil War.
- General Casimir Pulaski statue in Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C., located at Pennsylvania Avenue, between 13th and 14th Streets. Dedicated on May 11, 1910.
- General Casmir Pulaski statue located in the Lackawanna County Courthouse square in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
- A monument commemorating Pulaski and The Affair at Little Egg Harbor in Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey near the site of the massacre along the street named for him.
- A statue in McGlachlin Park, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
- Pulaski Square, erected in 1937 on The Mall, adjacent Cleveland Browns Stadium in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, was built by the Polish Legion of American Veterans and the city's Polish community.
- A statue in Hartford, Connecticut, at Main Street and Capitol Avenue.
- Two monuments in Buffalo, New York, one located at the corner of Church Street and Main, the other at Main and South Division Streets.
- A monument from 1931 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- A monument in Patterson Park of Baltimore, Maryland.
- An equestrian statue in Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island by Guido Nincheri, erected on the bicentennial of his birth in 1953.
- A statue in Riverbank Park in Flint, Michigan, erected on the 1979 bicentennial of his death.
- A statue in Detroit, Michigan, at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Michigan Avenue.
- A statue in Riverfront Park in Garfield, New Jersey, built in 2014 by Brian Hanlon.
Military
- On November 17, 1779 General George Washington issued a challenge-and-password, which was perhaps the first commemorations of Pulaski. The query was "Pulaski", and the response "Poland".
- USS Pulaski, a side-wheel steamship, in service with the United States Navy
- USS Pulaski County, a of the United States Navy.
- , a ballistic missile submarine of the United States Navy.
- , a 19th-century Revenue Marine cutter.
Schools
- There is a technical university in Poland known as Kazimierz Pułaski Technical University of Radom.
- Also, there are Casimir Pulaski elementary schools in Chicago, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Wilmington, Delaware, Meriden, Connecticut, and Yonkers, New York, Casimir Pulaski High School in Milwaukee, Pulaski High School in Pulaski, Wisconsin, Pulaski Middle School in New Britain, Connecticut, North Pulaski High School in Jacksonville, Arkansas and an industrial park is named for him in nearby Wallingford, Connecticut. Within the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, Pulaski House is the name for a student residential building.
- University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College located in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
- Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas is one of the top college preparatory schools in the United States, educating children from Pre-K 3 through 12th grade.
Miscellaneous
- Although there are several disputed birth and baptismal records, Pulaski's birth is honored in Warka, Poland, by the Kazimierz Pułaski Museum, which opened in 1967. The museum occupies the manor house which Pulaski's family lived in during the 1760s, and includes rooms dedicated to his activities in Poland and the United States. It also includes rooms dedicated to Polish-American emigration and contributions of Polish émigrés to American culture and history.
- After a previous attempt failed, the United States Congress passed a joint resolution conferring honorary citizenship on Pulaski in 2009, sending it to the President for approval. President Barack Obama signed the bill on November 6, 2009, making Pulaski the seventh person so honored.
- Detroit folk singer Sufjan Stevens featured a track called "Casimir Pulaski Day" on his 2005 album Illinois.
- Chicago punk band Big Black featured a track called "Kasimir S. Pulaski Day" on their 1987 album Songs About Fucking.
- Maryland hard rock band Clutch recorded a track titled "Pulaski Skyway" for their 2005 album Robot Hive/Exodus.
- A special millennial tribute to Pulaski was staged in the year 2000 involving a large party in Chicago's Grant Park. Featured live were DJ Food and a varied dance setlist, including artists such as Two Hours Traffic alongside Snoop Dogg and Moby. This was followed by a multimedia presentation on Pulaski's life and accomplishments set to orchestral music performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and specially composed for the occasion by Yanni.