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		Pulaski downtown print furnished by and © 1995, John White - Pulaski, TN Pulaski, population 9,181, was chartered in 1809.
		A native of Pulaski, Julia F. Smith Gibbons was appointed as the first female trial judge in Tennessee, and her appointment as a federal judge made her the second youngest federal judge in the United States.
		Pulaski is 70 miles south of Nashville, 130 miles west of Chattanooga, 190 miles east of Memphis, and 40 miles north of the Marshall Space Flight complex at Huntsville, Alabama.
	www.gilescountychamber.com /chamber.nsf/eab3a447570e6dbb86256b020078fc82/fe97e670d32f3e8986256b11000e93c6!OpenDocument (636 words)

	Casimir Pulaski - Polish and American Hero - Polskiinternet.com
		Casimir (Kazimierz) Pulaski was born on March 4, 1745 in Warka Winiary, Poland.
		Pulaski came from a family of eight, one of three sons and five daughters of his lawyer-father, Count Jozef Pulaski and and Marianna Zielinska.
		However, archeological studies of Savannah Pulaski Monument together with the discovery of this bones on September 27, 1996 in a vault under the Monument threw new light on the circumstances surrounding his death.
	www.polskiinternet.com /english/casimirpulaski.html (1046 words)

	CASIMIR, COUNT PULASKI - LoveToKnow Article on CASIMIR, COUNT PULASKI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		(1748-1779), Polish soldier, was born in Podolia in 1748, and took a prominent share, under his father Count Joseph Pulaski, hi the formation of the confederation of Bar and in the military operations which followed, becoming ultimately commander-in-chief of the Polish patriot forces.
		He distinguished himself at once in the battle of Brandywine, was made a brigadier-general and chief of cavalry by Congress, and fought at Germantown, and in the battles of the winter 1777-78, after which he raised a mixed corps called the Pulaski legion.
		Congress voted a monument to his memory; and though this vote has never been carried into execution, Lafayette laid the corner-stone of a monument in Savannah in 1824, and this was completed in 1855.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PU/PULASKI_CASIMIR_COUNT.htm (208 words)

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		Casimir Pulaski belongs to that select group of heroes, including the Marquis de Lafayefte, Thomas Paine, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Pulaski's fellow countryman, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, who opposed tyranny not only in their homelands, but wherever they found it.
		Pulaski was born on March 4,1747, in Winiary, some 40 miles outside of Warsaw.
		Under the motto, "For Faith and Freedom," the elder Pulaski assumed the military leadership of the confederation, and Casimir on his 21st birthday took command of a detachment of partisans.
	www.chipublib.org /003cpl/pulaskibiog.html (1321 words)

	POLISH NEWS - Swieta - Holidays - March 3, 2003 - CASIMIR PULASKI DAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pulaski is the namesake of count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish nobleman who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Savannah in 1779.
		In July 1999, the population of Krynica was alarmed by the news that the town authority was planning to move the mound dedicated to Pulaski, unveiled in 1929 to mark the 150th aniversary of the death of the hero of the two continents, to another area closer to the Confederate entrenchments of Tylicz.
		Gdy Kazimierz Pulaski bronil Czestochowy, 5 sierpnia 1772 roku Rosja, Austria i Prusy podpisaly traktat rozbiorowy.
	www.polishnews.com /fulltext/swieta/2001/swieta14.shtml (5253 words)

	Old Chester, PA: Biographical Sketches: General Casimir Pulaski
		Casimir Pulaski, the oldest son of Count Joseph Pulaski, was born in Warsaw, Poland, on March 6, 1745.
		Pulaski, who became known as the "Father of the American Cavalry," demanded much of his men and trained them in tried and tested cavalry tactics, many of which he used in his fight for freedom in Poland.
		Pulaski's enemies were so impressed with his courage, that they spared him the musket and permitted him to be carried from the battlefield.
	www.oldchesterpa.com /biographies/pulaski_general_casimir.htm (448 words)

	Pulaski's Remains Found?
		A recent discovery was made while refurbishing the Pulaski Monument in Savannah that raises the possibility that he was not buried at sea, but rather, was interred in Georgia, and his remains were entombed in the base of the monument in 1852.
		Pulaski was mortally wounded during the Allied assault on Savannah on October 9, 1779.
		In 1998, permission was obtained to exhume the remains of a grandniece of Pulaski who had been buried in Poland in 1834, in the hopes of comparing DNA samples.
	www.continentalline.org /articles/0004/000402.htm (841 words)

	Pulaski Film Script (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Some Confederation commanders' criticism of Pulaski because of his daring in the battle and his apparent disregard for the Confederation's military commanders and General Staff will be acknowledged.
		An intriguing figure in Pulaski's young life, Franciszka Krasinska, will be presented in drawings and engravings, as a historian tells the story of their relationship: after Franciszka's friendship - of disputed nature - with Pulaski began, she became the wife of Prince Karol of Kurlandia.
		In the film the unclear part Pulaski played in an unsuccessful plot to abduct King Stanislaw August Poniatowski (with a plan to win him over to the Confederation side) will be the last demonstration of his free spirit in Poland.
	www.polishcultureacpc.org /script2.html (2036 words)

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		Kazimierz is born in Warsaw at the Pulaski residence on the corner of Nowy Swiat and Warecka Streets.
		Pulaski is mortally wounded in the attack on Savannah
		A corner stone is laid for Casimir Pulaski's monument by Lafayette in Savannah's Chippewa Square.
	www.poles.org /PulaskiBio.html (2067 words)

	Pulaski, Casimir -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Pulaski was born to a noble family on March 4, 1747, in Winiary, Poland.
		English Casimir Pulaski Polish patriot and U.S. colonial army officer, hero of the Polish anti-Russian insurrection of 1768 (the Confederation of Bar) and of the American Revolution.
		Casimir became Poland's most powerful ruler and, at the Congress of Lenczyca (1180) was so recognized by the nobility and clergy,...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9276578?tocId=9276578&query=battle (672 words)

	Pulaski
		Pulaski's letters of recommendation, presented to the Continental Congress and General George Washington, were written by Benjamin Franklin, who met the Pole while in Paris.
		Casimir (Kazimierz) Pulaski was born on March 6, 1745 in Mazowia, Poland and baptized at St. Nicholas Church in Warka.
		Pulaski's date of his birth was discovered by Polish American historian Edward Pinkowski in 1996, who, while researching Pulaski's genealogy, found the correct date in church records.
	www.polamjournal.com /Library/Biographies/Pulaski/pulaski.html (896 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Casimir Pulaski: A Hero of the American Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Syzmanski, a California freelance writer, makes much of Pulaski's role as "father of the American cavalry," even though his elaborate and intelligent regulations were never put into effect.
		Szymanski's biography presents a story of countless petty frustrations culminating in Pulaski's death, not in a heroic mounted charge but in attempting to rally a futile infantry attack against the British fortifications of Savannah.
		Pulaski himself never clearly emerges from the lengthy reproductions of documents on obscure details of his career.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0781801575 (281 words)

	Casimir Pulaski
		Fort Pulaski is named for Count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish soldier-patriot mortally wounded in his efforts to save the city of Savannah from the British during the American RevolutionaryWar.
		Fort Pulaski is composed of 25 million bricks, with seventy-foot pilings drilled into the mud for support of the massive structure.
		Count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish soldier-patriot, was forced to leave his native homeland after the Polish nobles failed to quash repeated Russian attacks.
	www.nps.gov /fopu/local/casimir_pulaski.htm (392 words)

	Information about U.S. FDC: 10¢ Casimir Pulaski Postal Card (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Casimir Pulaski began his military career as a young man in Poland where, with his father and brothers, he led an uprising against King Stanislas II.
		Pulaski, arrested and condemned to death for his part in the revolt, escaped.
		Pulaski's Legion, as he called his troops, performed well and, by 1779, Pulaski became the commander of the French and American cavalry at the Battle of Savannah.
	www.unicover.com /EA1CAHBH.htm (407 words)

	The Pinion Post
		In Poland, Casimir Pulaski was in the Continental Army.
		When Pulaski was an officer, he met a woman officer and they got married, but didn't have children.
		I admire Casimir Pulaski because he was a soldier and a General.
	www.myschoolonline.com /page/0,1871,12574-162512-16-58134,00.html (181 words)

	Sarmatian Review XVII.1: John Kulczycki
		Having paid the ultimate price in the struggle for American independence, Pulaski legitimates the claims of Polish Americans to be regarded as valuable constituents of the United States.
		When Illinois first declared Pulaski Day a state holiday in the mid-1980s, with government offices and schools closed for the day, even in Chicago journalists and other media people scrambled to find out who Pulaski was.
		Thus, the author spends 18 pages discussing the battle of Germantown and the charge that Pulaski overslept and thereby contributed to the defeat, quoting extensively from the exchanges between Paul Bentalou and William Johnson in the early 1800s on this issue.
	www.ruf.rice.edu /~sarmatia/197/Kulczycki.html (532 words)

	General Casimir Pulaski Memorial Skyway
		It was dedicated on October 11, 1933, and named for General Casimir Pulaski, the Polish-born hero of the American Revolutionary war, on the anniversary of Pulaski's death.
		Pulaski, known as the "Father of the American Cavalry," was bestowed the rank of Brigadier General by Congress in recognition of his leadership at the Battle of Brandywine of September 11, 1777.
		In 1983, the Department of Transportation was awarded a $15.2 million federal grant for the rehabilitation of the Pulaski Skyway to repair recognized structural deficiencies.
	www.njcu.edu /programs/jchistory/Pages/P_Pages/Pulaski_Skyway.htm (888 words)

	ABC News: DNA Tests Unable to Solve Pulaski Mystery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Casimir Pulaski failed to prove the remains are those of the Revolutionary War hero killed in a 1779 battle to retake Savannah from the British.
		But a draft report on the investigation into Pulaski's disputed burial says historical records and skeletal injuries make a case that the remains are those of the Polish nobleman.
		James C. Metts Jr., the Chatham County coroner, hoped DNA testing of the remains exhumed in 1996 would settle the question of whether Pulaski was buried at sea or placed in an unmarked grave.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=869992 (382 words)

	Pulaski Day
		Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem entitled "Hymn of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem" was inspired by the fact that General Pulaski's Legion is said to have marched into battle with a silk banner embroidered by Moravians in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
		During the winter at Valley Forge in 1777-78, Pulaski wanted to train the cavalry properly, but was instructed by Congress to rest his men during the winter, as was customary at the time.
		During a battle in Savannah, Georgia, Casimir was wounded by a cannon.
	www.eiu.edu /%7Einsight/pulaski/pulaski.htm (587 words)

	American Revolution: Casimir Pulaski
		Casimir Pulaski was born in Podalia, Poland, on March 4, 1747.
		Pulaski recruited men to be in the Knights, and he fought with the Knights.
		Casimir and the rest of the Knights were captured and sent to prison.
	library.thinkquest.org /TQ0312848/cpulaski.htm (573 words)

	Casimir Pulaski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After surviving numerous bloody campaigns against Russia, Count Casimir Pulaski retired to France in 1777, bitterly disappointed and deeply depressed at Poland's failure to defeat her foes.
		Pulaski's performance during this baptism of blood in America earned him a commission as Brigadier General of the entire American cavalry.
		Pulaski was named the "Father of the American Cavalry", and remains one of the well known figures of the American Revolutionary War.
	www.polishamericancenter.com /Pulaski.htm (264 words)

	Kazimierz Pulaski
		Pulaski was given a burial at sea, or were his remains interred in the Pulaski Monument at Savannah?
		An account by Ed Pienkowski of the efforts to obtain a sample of the remains of General Pulaski's grandniece that would be suitable for mitochondrial DNA analysis for comparison with that of the remains found in the base of Savannah's Pulaski monument.
		An account and analysis of Pulaski's birth records with the conclusion that he was born in Warsaw on 6 March 1745.
	info-poland.buffalo.edu /web/history/hist_persons/pulaski/link.shtml (549 words)

	Welcome to Just the Arti-FACTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Casimir Pulaski (1745?-1779) is a hero of two countries, Poland and the United States.
		Pulaski (in Polish: Kazimierz Pulawski) was born in a small town near Warsaw, Poland during the mid-1740s.
		In 1768, Pulaski and his father Jozef founded the Confederation of the Bar to defend Poland against the aggressive Russian forces, which later arrested and killed Casimir's father.
	www.chicagohs.org /AOTM/mar00/mar00fact1.html (99 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Casimir Pulaski
		on the Wasp, in the harbour of Savannah, 11 Oct., 1779; eldest son of Count Joseph Pulaski and Maria Zislinska.
		Pulaski was one of those who, under the leadership of his father, formed, 29 Feb., 1768, the confederation of Bar, to free Poland from Russia.
		Again finding refuge in Moldavia in 1769 after the arrest and death of his father, Pulaski in a series of brilliant marches overran and raised in revolt the greater part of Poland and Lithuania.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12561a.htm (629 words)

	General Pulaski's Body
		Unlike Pulaski, however, the register of St. Phillips Church in Charleston showed that Bedaulx was buried in the parish cemetery on December 8, 1779.
		It was easy to connect the bones in the rusted iron box with Pulaski because, burying his body in a coffin, the spine began to take the same shape as a flat bottom from 1779 to 1853.
		The bones of Pulaski's nephew, Jozef Suffczynski, who died of yellow fever May 17, 1803, were reported in Les Cayes, Haiti, and the death of his grandniece, Josephine Jarocka, took place in Brooklyn, New York in 1896.
	www.poles.org /p_body.html (4427 words)

	State Holidays
		Casimir Pulaski (1748?-1779) was a Polish native who became a war hero in two countries.
		In Poland, he was a leader in the effort to defend his nation against Russian forces in the 1760s and 1770s.
		Pulaski's achievements during the American Revolution, as chief of cavalry and while heading an independent legion, are recognized in Illinois each year on the first Monday of March.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/stateholidays1.html (691 words)

	Yonkers Public Schools • Casimir Pulaski School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Casimir Pulaski School is situated on a beautiful country campus surrounded by private homes, fields, and trees - the perfect setting for developing children’s naturalist intelligence.
		The graduating Pulaski student is prepared to be a critical thinker who can identify and solve problems creatively.
		Further, Pulaski students are prepared to demonstrate poise, confidence, compassion and consideration, as well as to be an adaptable citizen with global awareness and technological preparedness.
	www.yonkerspublicschools.org /cp.htm (304 words)

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