[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 5 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
1st Session
S. J. RES. 5
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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 volunteer in the American Cavalry and said that
Pulaski was ``renowned throughout Europe for the courage and bravery he
displayed in defense of his country's freedom'';
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 Battle of Brandywine, and his courageous
charge in this engagement averted a disastrous defeat of the American
Cavalry and saved the life of George Washington;
Whereas on September 15, 1777, George Washington elevated 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 occupiers from Charleston, South
Carolina;
Whereas in October 1779, Casimir Pulaski mounted an assault against British
forces in Savannah, Georgia;
Whereas on the morning of October 9, 1779, Casimir Pulaski was mortally wounded
and was taken aboard the American ship USS Wasp, where he died at sea on
October 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
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 citizen of the United States posthumously.
Passed the Senate March 19, 2007.
Attest:
Secretary.
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 5
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United
States posthumously.