Casimir Pulaski, like his Polish compatriot Tadeusz Kościuszko, not only achieved renown in fighting on the American side in the Revolutionary War, but both also have bridges named for them. Kościuszko survived the war to carry his fight back to Europe for Poland. Pulaski died as a result of wounds at Savannah, Georgia. Kościuszko actually has 2 bridges named for him-a truss bridge spanning Newtown Creek between Queens and Brooklyn, and one across the Mohawk River carrying I-87 connecting Albany and Saratoga counties in New York. But Pulaski has the pair of cantilever bridges connecting Newark to Jersey City.
I was in DC on business and leaving the DC government building saw the statue. I was surprised to see Egg Harbor listed in the base of the statue together with Brandywine and Valley Forge; on the other side of the base are listed Charleston, Germantown and Savannah. Egg Harbor, which engagement is also known as Chestnut Neck, is marked by obscure memorials to both the engagement and Pulaski. But the Pulaski Skyway-an elegant feat of engineering-is an iconic part of the New Jersey urban landscape. Never married, dead in his early 30s, but his name persists in the Meadowlands of New Jersey.
I was in DC on business and leaving the DC government building saw the statue. I was surprised to see Egg Harbor listed in the base of the statue together with Brandywine and Valley Forge; on the other side of the base are listed Charleston, Germantown and Savannah. Egg Harbor, which engagement is also known as Chestnut Neck, is marked by obscure memorials to both the engagement and Pulaski. But the Pulaski Skyway-an elegant feat of engineering-is an iconic part of the New Jersey urban landscape. Never married, dead in his early 30s, but his name persists in the Meadowlands of New Jersey.
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