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[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.