Posted on 03/02/2015 2:20:08 PM PST by EveningStar
Casimir Pulaski Day is a holiday observed in Illinois on the first Monday of every March in memory of Casimir Pulaski (March 6, 1745 – October 11, 1779), a Revolutionary War cavalry officer born in Poland as Kazimierz Pułaski. He is praised for his contributions to the U.S. military in the American Revolution and known as "the father of the American cavalry".More
FINALLY! We know what holiday Ferris Buehler was celebrating!!!
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I served on the USS Casimir Pulaski, SSBN633 in the mid to late 1980’s. I don’t recall a single person who knew who Casimir Pulaski was when I told them the name of my ship.
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He’s got a county and a small town/city named after him in Virginia.
A town in Tennessee as well.
Another of the Polish heroes from the Revolutionary War.
Pulaski got his military experience fighting off the Russians and Prussians in his native Poland. (What is new? Americans had little practical military knowledge. Ben Franklin met Pulaski in Paris and soon he was across the ocean doing a fine job fighting for our freedom. He should be remembered and honored. http://www.polishamericancenter.org/Pulaski.htm
(How many high school grads today understand "Lafayette we are here"??
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