The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
attend which thousands of Poles from
all over the United States have come

attend which thousands OF Poles from
all over the United States have come
The purpose OF the Congress Is t.
discuss in all its phases the condition
of the Polish nation, to acquire famil-
iarity with the needs of the Polish
national life and find ways and means
of fulfilling them.
The ceremonies which preceded the
dedication of the statues We're long
planned and very elaborate. A military
parade. in which all the regular troops
stationed at Fort Myer, as we'll as the
National Guard of the District of CO.
lumbia, marched, was one of the fea-
lures. Brigadier-General Tasker n
Bliss. United States Army. was in COM
niand.
In the heart Of the buster section OF
the city the monument to Pulaski
stands fourteen feet from the sidewalk
In triangular green. In the saddle OF
charger is mounted the figure of the
hero In the Polish hussar uniform. In
which he won command of a brigade OF
Washington's cavalry for his gallant
conduct at the Brandywine. Pulaski
always wore the uniform of his beloved
fatherland, and 1t clothed his breast
through three years of valiant lighting
on American soil until he fell at the
siege VI savannah iiiS anu uieu oii
the United States brig of war Wasp
In the harbor two days after.
The sculptor, chedzinsh. gathered
material for his work in Paris, Berlin
and parts of Poland and secured from
the descendants of Pulaski a life-size
painting OF the hero mounted on a
horse. done by Pulaski's sister.
In Lafayette Park, a beautiful shaded
square across Pennsylvania Avenue
from the White House, the monument
to kosciusko, with the exception of
one. completes the set OF five planned
there. The others are to General
Lafayette and Count Rochambeau, who
commanded the French allies at York
town On the remaining corner Will
be erected the statue of Baron Won
Steuben. An immense statue of Cen
era1 Andrew Jackson is in the centre
of the park.
Hero of Two Hcmispheres.
Kosciusko is represented in the fig
ure as the hero of two hemispheres. as
his country1nen love TO refer to him.
a map OF the United States with the
American eagle guarding is on the
front of the pedestal. On the other
side is the outline Of Europe and Asia
attacked by the snake of despotism.
with the rolish eagle fighting in de-
falling. is being defended by Polish
farmer with scythe. Opposite, an
American soldier is cutting the
shackles of an American farmer which
bind him to the foreign yoke Mounted
on the pedestal is the statue OF
Kosciusko, a map of West Point on
one hand. the other on his sword.
The valiant deeds of the man who
fought consistently for liberty in an
old world and a new-so consistently
that he refused to lend himself to
the plans of Napoleon for the restor-
alton of Poiand-are recalled by the
Inscriptions on the monument.
Driven to this country by an I'M
happy love affair he saw the new
republic established and did not re-
turn to his native Poland until 1885.
When Russia attacked Poland in 1892
Kosciusko, with 1000 men. held
Duhienka against $4,000 Russians In
famous battle. After the second par
tition of Poland in 1874. he put him
self at the head of national move.
ment and was proclaimed dictator and
commander-in-cn Covered with
wounds. he fell into the hands of his
by the Emperor Paul two years later.
Alexander in 1914 refused to grant
an amnesty to Poles in Foreign lands
and to make Kosciusko constitutional
King of Poland, and for the remainder
of his life he lay aside his sword and
lived the peaceful life of a farmer in
France until he was killed when his
horse plunged over precipice The
Emperor Alexander later moved his
body to Crawcow and had 1T laid be-
side John Sobieski.