Beautiful Pulaski Square was laid and named for Casimir Pulaski, a Polish immigrant who came to Savannah and died a hero in the Seige of Savannah in 1779. He had come at the request of Benjamin Franklin, who convinced him to rise to the cause of liberty in the colonies. He arrived to fight alongside the French in the Continental army, in an effort to banish the British from the city. He died on October 9, 1779, and when it came time to develop this square they gave it his name.