Paying the ultimate price should automatically make one eligible so glad to see the US finally extend the honor. Darren Rovell must be angry about this since Pulaski wasn't born and trained in America.
Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American citizen on Friday, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died fighting for the as yet-unborn United States.Note from John: Pulaski is a well-known street in Chicago. I never knew the history. Fascinating.
President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution of the Senate and the House that made Pulaski an honorary citizen.
Pulaski's contribution to the American colonies' effort to leave the British Empire began with a flourish. He wrote a letter to Gen. George Washington, the Revolution's leader, with the declaration: "I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it."
