The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-12
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probation genuine. The only regret Is
that ii was not long since erected and
people" -
The monument to Pulaski was
erected by an act OF Congress, but the
statue to Kosciusko is gift TO the
nation from the Polish National ALI
ance and other organizations OF Poles
VINO nave made their homes in the
free republic for which their distin
gulshed countrymen fought There
was double significance to the un-
Veinng OF the monument to Kosciusko.
Tor 1t marked the opening here tomor-
row of the first Polish national con-
gress to attend which thousands of
Poles from all over the United States
have come.
The purpose of the congress is TO
discuss in all its phases the condi-
ton of the Polish nation, to acquire
familiarity 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 were long
planned and very elaborate A mill
tary parade, in which all the regular
troops stationed at Fort Myer. as well
as the National Guard of the District
OF Columbia, marched, was one of the
features. Brigadier General Tasker H.
Bliss, L. S. A, was in command
PuIaski's Statue.
In the heart of the buster section of
the city the monument to Pulaski
stands fourteen feet from the sides
walk in a triangular green In the
saddle of a charger is mounted the
figure of the hero in the Polish Hus-
sar uniform in which he won command
of a brigade of Washington's cavalry
for his gallant conduct at the Brandy
wine. Pulaski always wore the uni
form of his beloved fatherland, and it
clothed his breast through three years
of valiant fighting on American soil,
until he fell at the siege of Savannah
in 1879 and died on the United States
brig-of-war Wasp in the harbor two
days after.
The sculptor, Chedzinski, 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 Pulaskfs sister.
Kosciusko's Monument.
In Lafayette Park, beautiful
shaded square across Pennsylvania
avenue from the White House, the
monument to Kosciusko, with the ex-
ception of one, completes the set OF
five planned there. The others are to
General Lafayette and Count Rocham-
beau, who commanded the French al
lies at yorktown. On the remaining
corner will be erected the statue of
Baron Won Steuben. An immense sta
tue of General Andrew Jackson is in
the center of the park
Kisciusko is represented in the fig
ure as the hero of two hemiSpheres, as
his countrymen love 70 re1er 70 MIN:
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
% Ism
with the Polish eagle fighting in de-
Tense. Polish soldier wounded and
and falling, is being defended by
Polish farmer with scythe- Opposite
an American soldier is cutting the
shackles of an American farmer which
bind him 10 the foreign yoke Mount
ed on the pedestal is the statue of Kos
eiusko map map od IN T his sR 01 On one
The valiant deeds of the man who
fought consistently for liberty in an
old world and neW-so consistently
that he refused to lend himself to the
plans of Napoleon for the restoration of
Poland, are recalled by the inscrip
lions on the monument
Unfortunate in Love.
Driven to this country by an unhap-
lie established and did not return to
his native Poland until 1856. When Rus
suia attacked Poland in 1892, koscfus-
ko with 1000 men held Dubrenika
battle. After the second partition OF
Poland in 1894 he put himself at the
head of a national movement and was
proclaimed dictator and commander
in-chief Covered with wounds, he fell
into the hands of his enemies and was
restored to liberty 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 remainde-
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 a precipice. The
Emperor Alexander later moved his
body to Crawcow and had it laid be-
side John Sobieski.