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Show t PULASKI AND KOSCIUSKO. The dedication of monuments to the memory of . ; Count Casimir Pulaski and Thaddeus Kosciusko in Washington last week marks an event in the annals ; of American history. Pulaski and Kosciusko reu- , ; dered gallant service to the American colonies in ; their struggle for libery. Count Pulaski fell at the , j battle of Savannah in 1779, while Kusciusko lived I 1 to return to his beloved Poland to fight for her I liberty. He re-visited America subsequently and j j was acclaimed by a million people, although in aftur j years he endured a long exile in Europe. j These two Catholic heroes of the revolution hId ( j a place in the memory of the American people as i' sacred as that of that other Catholic patriot. Mar- quis de Lafayette. The hardships these men en- ! duced, the sacrifices they made on the altars of lib- : j erty, the dangers they encountered and the assist j J anee they rendered in that memorable struggle for independence have made their names household j words, yet in no school history of the Revolution i j the fact mentioned that they were Catholics. That j this fact is studiously avoided, however, is not to be j wondered at, since a true record of the perform- j ances of loyal Catholics, not only in the revolution j but in all the subsequent wars of America, would . serve to discredit the oft-repeated charges of the ? A. P. A. and bigots of that stripe that members of ( the Catholic Church are traitors to the free insti- tutions of America. ; ; The two new statues in Washington are not only ; I a fitting token of love for the men honored, but I they are an eloquent tribute to the services ; . dered by Catholics in the war for independence. j 1 |