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[Real Quiet]

As a 100% Lithuanian American I thought that was a good read Joly. I will admit though that when I initially saw Ruffs pick I thought that she liked spicy brown mustard.

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by Real Quiet

As a 100% Lithuanian American I thought that was a good read Joly. I will admit though that when I initially saw Ruffs pick I thought that she liked spicy brown mustard.

A number of things have been named after that gentleman. There is a mountain in Australia, a bridge in Brooklyn, a town in Mississippi, a training area in Chicago for the Special Olympics and of course, that wonderful mustard. There is a National Memorial to him in Philadelphia that is part of the National Parks system, not too far from Independence Hall.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by JolyB

A number of things have been named after that gentleman. There is a mountain in Australia, a bridge in Brooklyn, a town in Mississippi, a training area in Chicago for the Special Olympics and of course, that wonderful mustard. There is a National Memorial to him in Philadelphia that is part of the National Parks system, not too far from Independence Hall.

One of the counties here in Arkansas was named after another Polish hero of the American Revolution, Casimir Pulaski. Little Rock sits in Pulaski County.

I guess there are a great many places named after military men. We also have a county here in Arkansas that seems to be named after a general and later President and the county seat is also named after another general. You might think they were Confederate generals, but I don't think so. The county seat is Sheridan and the county is Grant. Don't know that for sure as I have never looked it up, but I am guessing they were named after those generals, but who knows, might just be coincidence. Whatever, seems odd, but maybe those two were kind during reconstruction.

[NJ Stinks]

Originally Posted by cal828

One of the counties here in Arkansas was named after another Polish hero of the American Revolution, Casimir Pulaski. Little Rock sits in Pulaski County.

I guess there are a great many places named after military men. We also have a county here in Arkansas that seems to be named after a general and later President and the county seat is also named after another general. You might think they were Confederate generals, but I don't think so. The county seat is Sheridan and the county is Grant. Don't know that for sure as I have never looked it up, but I am guessing they were named after those generals, but who knows, might just be coincidence. Whatever, seems odd, but maybe those two were kind during reconstruction.

As a fellow who is proudly 25% Polish, I will add that Casimir Pulaski is remembered here in New Jersey too. A bridge that connects Newark and Jersey City is called the General Pulaski Skyway and here's a link to some interesting info about a bridge that Casimir himself may have renamed!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaski_Skyway

[cal828]

Originally Posted by NJ Stinks

As a fellow who is proudly 25% Polish, I will add that Casimir Pulaski is remembered here in New Jersey too. A bridge that connects Newark and Jersey City is called the General Pulaski Skyway and here's a link to some interesting info about a bridge that Casimir himself may have renamed!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaski_Skyway

Interesting stuff. I read that General Pulaski actually saved the life of George Washington, but I don't know the details of that. I will have to look it up.

Don't know much about New Jersey as I have never been there, but I have a few friends there that I went to college with. The school that I went to had several kids from New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts. Some went to school there because of athletic scholarships and I imagine some just went there because even out of state tuition in Arkansas was probably cheaper than going to school in New Jersey. I still talk to some of those guys from New Jersey on facebook.

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by cal828

One of the counties here in Arkansas was named after another Polish hero of the American Revolution, Casimir Pulaski. Little Rock sits in Pulaski County.

I guess there are a great many places named after military men. We also have a county here in Arkansas that seems to be named after a general and later President and the county seat is also named after another general. You might think they were Confederate generals, but I don't think so. The county seat is Sheridan and the county is Grant. Don't know that for sure as I have never looked it up, but I am guessing they were named after those generals, but who knows, might just be coincidence. Whatever, seems odd, but maybe those two were kind during reconstruction.

Cal, I've always been fascinated by history, especially American history. Your raising those questions about Sheridan, Ark and Grant County were like throwing raw meat to a lion and sent me to websites for those places. The names were not coincidences. Grant County was formed and named in Feb, 1869, and was named after President elect Grant, who was elected in November, 1868. Given its namesake's reputation for drinking, it is ironically a dry county. You can't make this stuff up. The County Seat of Sheridan was incorporated in 1887. At that time, Philip Sheridan was serving as the commanding general of the US Army. How some of the veterans of the Confederate army who resided there felt about it is anyone's guess.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by JolyB

Cal, I've always been fascinated by history, especially American history. Your raising those questions about Sheridan, Ark and Grant County were like throwing raw meat to a lion and sent me to websites for those places. The names were not coincidences. Grant County was formed and named in Feb, 1869, and was named after President elect Grant, who was elected in November, 1868. Given its namesake's reputation for drinking, it is ironically a dry county. You can't make this stuff up. The County Seat of Sheridan was incorporated in 1887. At that time, Philip Sheridan was serving as the commanding general of the US Army. How some of the veterans of the Confederate army who resided there felt about it is anyone's guess.

I'm surprised I never looked it up, but I felt pretty strongly that it was no coincidence. I traveled around the lower part of the state for 37 years when I worked for the Arkansas Department of Human Services and have been through Sheridan and Grant County many times usually on my way to Pine Bluff and points south all the way nearly to Louisiana and Mississippi in the Delta. That part of the state is the exact opposite of Hot Springs. Here we have the Quachita Mountains(really just big hills), but that part of the state is very flat. Great place to grow cotton and soy beans and rice. We don't grow much up here in the hills except a lot of pine trees and judging by the number of them in my yard, rocks.