 It is named after Casimir Pulaski, a Polish nobleman who came to fight in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.He is credited as the founder of the Continental Army Cavalry.Recruited in Paris by Benjamin Franklin, for his talent as a horseman and zeal for liberty, Pulaski joined Gen. George Washington's army in 1777 and led a flanking maneuver that saved the Continental Army at the Battle of Brandywine.