Death of Pulaski
A few months ago, I shared a video on Casimir Pulaski. If you don’t recall who he was, he is considered the father of the United States Cavalry.
If you want to read about him, check out that July post.
I’m mentioning him again this morning because it’s the anniversary of his death. He died in the Siege of Savannah on this date in 1779.
I’m probably giving him more emphasis than others would because we studied about him when I was in school. Since he died in and was (and still is) buried in Savannah, he was covered in our Georgia History classes. And, since my Georgia History teacher was a great teacher — and an overall good fellow — much of what I was taught has remained with me. He’s still around. Well, he’s still living. He retired and moved, so, he’s not around here, but he’s still around.
A lot of what he taught me, I’ll remember always. Including Polish-born Revolutionary War hero Count Casimir Pulaski.
We have a town and county named after Casimer Pulaski here in Virginia. Good to know he’s a hero still, and his deeds celebrated far and wide, at least by some, the good and wise.
There’s a Pulaski County in Tennessee as well.
I misremembered that. Pulaski is the county seat for Giles County, TN.
Years ago Illinois had President’s Day as a state holiday. Then the Democrat politicians dropped it and added Casimir Pulaski Day in the late 70’s to curry favor with the sizable Polish population in Chicago. When MLK Day was established as a federal holiday Illinois dropped Pulaski Day as a statewide holiday. They may still do something with it in Chicago.
Write to that good teacher… I was so glad I was able to write to Mrs. White, my 6th grade teacher… She was phenomenal and had a serious influence on me, although I wasn’t aware of it until many years later. “What would Mrs. White do?” Kept me out of a lot of jams… (My parents were great too, but all those others who have influence are important…)
Anyroad, teachers. So few really memorable ones…
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I always thought it was the name of the ship in the movie “Year of the Dragon” with John Lone.