Happy Cazmir Pulaski day!

[Chilidog]

It's a Chicago thing.

[tek]

It seems there is a Pulaski Day in October in Massachusetts.. I remember this from my childhood in Chicopee and adjacent towns..

[raison de arizona]

Pulaski Skyway, which I once went over daily in New Jersey, was named for him.

[northland10]

It's a Chicago thing.

When I saw the topic, I looked to see who created it, assuming it was you. I was right.

[Chilidog]

Well my wife wouldn't let me buy any paczki the other day.

[AndyinPA]

I know who he is, but I also associated it immediately with furniture. Turns out there is a furniture company in Pulaski, Virginia. I must have a piece of their furniture here because it came to mind so quickly, but I'm not sure what it is. I thought maybe my solid walnut bedroom set, but I'm pretty sure that was made in North Carolina. You know, when we still made things like that here.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

I didn't know I didn't know. I frequented the Pulaski County Courthouse during my lawyer days. I had clients meet me at Count Pulaski's bust in the rotunda because it was hard to miss.

https://www.thv11.com/article/news/loca ... -309003768

Did You Know: Bust at courthouse isn't Count Pulaski

For those of us in Central Arkansas, there is a well known sculpture that is a tribute to two war heroes at the same time. Here's the story.

John Yancey earned the Navy Cross in World War II. He led a small group of Marines in a charge of a Japanese machine gun on Guadacanal. After the war, Yancey became a Marine Reservist, but when the Korean War began, he was called into duty a second time. He would again earn a Navy Cross with a heroic defense of a key hill in North Korea. He became the most decorated Arkansas Marine in history.

In 1961, European sculptor Sacha Schnittmann was commissioned by Pulaski Federal Savings and Loan, to sculpt a bust of Count Pulaski. When Schnittmann saw a drawing of the actual Count, he was not impressed. He had met John Yancey though, and knew of his exploits on the battlefield. Yancey had the look that Schnittmann was after.

What we see today, when looking at this famous Pulaski County sculpture, is not Count Pulaski, but the face of John Yancey. You can see the original bust today at its permanent home in the rotunda of the Pulaski County Courthouse.

There is also one that is outside the County Offices Building on Broadway. You can also find one in Riverfront Park on the walkway near the water park.

In the courthouse rotunda with wonderful Steve Sipes upon his retirement.

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At Riverfront Park.

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The man himself.

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[Foggy]

We have a member named Pulaski, but I know nothing more.

[Estiveo]

Am I the only one whose first thought on hearing Pulaski is of the firefighter's tool?

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