Monterey Square in Savannah Georgia 0648

by Jack Schultz

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Monterey Square in Savannah Georgia 0648

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Jack Schultz

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Monterey Square, a shaded alcove that welcomes visitors to pause and view the towering monument pays homage to General Casimir Pulaski.
The square was laid out in 1847 to honor the 1846 Battle of Monterey during the Mexican American War “which a Savannah unit of the Irish Jasper Greens” but the monument in the middle of the square honors General Pulaski. During the Siege of Savannah Pulaski died as a result of a gunshot wound. The exact spot of his demise is approximately half a mile northwest of the square.

Russian-born Robert Eberhard Launitz, a sculptor who resided in New York, designed the Italian marble monument. He chose this location in Monterey Square to house the statue because of the scale of the surrounding buildings. Skepticism surfaced about Pulaski’s actual burial place. They found a man of the same age and stature in the Greenwich grave and placed his grave beneath this monument and statue in 1854.

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May 21st, 2021

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