IA 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 26 
Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States 
posthumously. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2009 
Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, 
Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. SAR-
BANES, Mr. BARROW, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 
KANJORSKI, Mr. SESTAK, and Mrs. BIGGERT) introduced the following 
joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of 
the United States posthumously. 
Whereas Casimir Pulaski was a Polish military officer who 
fought on the side of the American colonists against the 
British in the American Revolutionary War; 
Whereas Benjamin Franklin recommended that General 
George Washington accept Casimir Pulaski as a volun-
teer in the American Cavalry and said that Pulaski was 
‘‘renowned throughout Europe for the courage and brav-
ery he displayed in defense of his country’s freedom’’; 
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Whereas, after arriving in America, Casimir Pulaski wrote to 
General Washington, ‘‘I came here, where freedom is 
being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it.’’; 
Whereas the first military engagement of Casimir Pulaski 
with the British was on September 11, 1777, at the Bat-
tle of Brandywine, and his courageous charge in this en-
gagement averted a disastrous defeat of the American 
Cavalry and saved the life of George Washington; 
Whereas, on September 15, 1777, George Washington ele-
vated Casimir Pulaski to the rank of Brigadier General 
of the American Cavalry; 
Whereas Casimir Pulaski formed the Pulaski Cavalry Legion, 
and in February 1779, this legion ejected the British oc-
cupiers from Charleston, South Carolina; 
Whereas, in October 1779, Casimir Pulaski mounted an as-
sault against British forces in Savannah, Georgia; 
Whereas, on the morning of October 9, 1779, Casimir Pu-
laski was mortally wounded and was taken aboard the 
American ship USS Wasp, where he died at sea on Octo-
ber 11, 1779; 
Whereas, before the end of 1779, the Continental Congress 
resolved that a monument should be erected in honor of 
Casimir Pulaski; 
Whereas, in 1825, General Lafayette laid the cornerstone for 
the Casimir Pulaski monument in Savannah, Georgia; 
and 
Whereas, in 1929, Congress passed a resolution recognizing 
October 11 of each year as Pulaski Day in the United 
States: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That Casimir Pulaski is proclaimed to be an honorary cit-
izen of the United States posthumously. 
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