Pulaski Park Memorial
The memorial in the center of the park was dedicated in 1939 when the park was renamed from Prospect Park to Pulaski Park. This memorial is now in line with Chestnut Street but it was not always so. Until 1948 it was in one of the corners of the park but was moved here so more people could see it. The dedication was at the request of medical doctor Julia Bauman. Also that year 12 new trees were planted since the 1938 storm had killed many. (The renaming also might have been helped along by a revamping of the park in 1936 due to a massive flood of that spring. The work trucks dug into the soil of the park and all needed to be redone.)
In 1955 Hurricane Diane would cause major damage to the park. Thus in 1959 twelve more maple trees are added to the park.
There once was a shelter building (opened in the spring of 1915) that allowed children and their parents to get out of the sun. This was located about 200 feet to the NW of this center.
Flowers were planted in some years, for example, in 1966.
