Editing Casimir Pulaski (section)

==Personal life==
Pulaski was born on March 6, 1745, in the [[manor house]] of the [[Pułaski family]] in [[Warsaw]], Poland.<ref name="fm">[[#Makarewicz|Makarewicz, 1998]]</ref><ref name=booklet>[[#DOB|Poles in America Foundation, 2012]]</ref>{{efn|name=a|Older sources have cited varying dates and places of birth of Pulaski. The suggested alternative dates have been March 4, 1746, or 1747, and the alternative place of birth, [[Pułaski family]] manor at [[Winiary, Warka|Winiary]].<ref name="fm" /><ref name=booklet /> Modern sources agree that Pulaski was born on March 4 or March 6, 1745,<ref name="CP bio" /> in the now-nonexistent Pulaski manor house, located near the present address 53 Nowy Świat St. near Warecka St. in Warsaw.<ref name="fm" /><ref name=booklet />}} Casimir was the second eldest son of [[Marianna Zielińska]] and [[Józef Pułaski]], who was an ''[[advocatus]]'' at the [[Crown Tribunal]], the [[Starost]] of [[Warka]], and one of the town's most notable inhabitants. He was a brother of {{Interlanguage link|Francis Xavier Pułaski|lt=Francis Xavier Pulaski|pl|Franciszek Ksawery Pułaski}} and {{Interlanguage link|Antoni Pulaski|lt=Antoni Pułaski|pl|Antoni Pułaski}}. His family bore the [[Ślepowron coat of arms]].<ref name="psb386">[[#Szczygielski86|Szczygielski, 1986]], p. 386</ref>

The Pułaski family was [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>[[#Griffin1907|Griffin, 1907]], p. 4</ref> Early in his youth, Casimir Pulaski attended an [[Collegium Nobilium (Warsaw)|elite college]] run by [[Theatines]], a male [[Catholic religious order|religious order of the Catholic Church]] in Warsaw, but did not finish his education.<ref name="psb386" />

There is some circumstantial evidence that Pulaski was a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]]. When [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]] laid the cornerstone of the monument erected in Pulaski's honour in [[Monterey Square (Savannah, Georgia)|Monterey Square]] in Savannah in 1824, a full Masonic ceremony took place with Richard T. Turner, High Priest of the Georgia chapter, conducting the service. Other sources claim Pulaski was a member of the Masonic Army Lodge in Maryland. A Masonic Lodge in Chicago is named ''Casimir Pulaski Lodge, No.1167'', and a brochure issued by the lodge claims he obtained the degree of Master Mason on June 19, 1779, and was buried with full Masonic honours. To date, no surviving documents of Pulaski's actual membership have been found.<ref>[[#Denslow|Denslow, 2004]], p. 370</ref>