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Pulaski Park (other)
Pulaski Park refers to a number of places named after Casimir Pulaski (Kazimierz Pułaski), a Polish military commander and American Revolutionary War hero. Parks in the United States * Pulaski Park (Chicago) * Pulaski Park (Holyoke, Massachusetts) * Pulaski Park, Northampton, Massachusetts * Pulaski Park, Fall River, Massachusetts, a Commemoration of Casimir Pulaski * Pulaski State Park, a state park in Rhode Island * Pulaski Park (Omaha) * Pulaski Park, Pulaski, Virginia; see Canon de 155 mm GPF *Fort Pulaski National Monument (National Park Service), an American Civil War military fort near Savannah, Georgia Neighborhoods in the United States * Pulaski Park, Chicago, Illinois * Pulaski (Gary), a park in Gary, Indiana See also * Commemoration of Casimir Pulaski * Pulaski Township (other) Pulaski Township may refer to: * Pulaski Township, Lonoke County, Arkansas, in Lonoke County, Arkansas * Pulaski Township, Michigan * Pulaski Township, Morrison County, Minnesota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casimir Pulaski
Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski of the Ślepowron coat of arms (; ''Casimir Pulaski'' ; March 4 or March 6, 1745 Makarewicz, 1998 October 11, 1779) was a Polish nobleman, soldier, and military commander who has been called, together with his counterpart Michael Kovats de Fabriczy, "the father of the American cavalry." Born in Warsaw and following in his father's footsteps, he became interested in politics at an early age. He soon became involved in the military and in revolutionary affairs in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Pulaski was one of the leading military commanders for the Bar Confederation and fought against the Commonwealth's foreign domination. When this uprising failed, he was driven into exile. Following a recommendation by Benjamin Franklin, Pulaski traveled to North America to help in the American Revolutionary War. He distinguished himself throughout the revolution, most notably when he saved the life of George Washington. Pulaski became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulaski Park (Chicago)
Pulaski Park is a park in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1912, and was named after American Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski. Pulaski Park derives its name from the historic park and fieldhouse that was designed by Jens Jensen between 1912 and 1914. 1,200 people were displaced, leading to the razing of a number of buildings while others were moved to nearby locations in the neighborhood. The park and fieldhouse were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1981. It became an official Chicago Landmark on July 29, 2003. The neighborhood in the park's vicinity within West Town is called Pulaski Park after the park. See also *Parks of Chicago *Chicago Swordplay Guild The Chicago Swordplay Guild is a modern school of swordsmanship and Western martial arts, and non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It provides organized instruction in the study and practice of historical European s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulaski Park (Holyoke, Massachusetts)
Pulaski Park is a city park along the Connecticut River in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Originally called Prospect Park when it was laid out in 1884, it was given its present name in 1939 in honor of American Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski, for whom there is a memorial in the park's center. The original park was designed by the Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm. Description The park's northern border is a crescent-shaped stretch of the Connecticut River. The shore is lined by a long concrete wall (built 1905–1910), which is interrupted every ten feet by a squat pier, and by four lookouts that jut over the embankment. A concrete promenade runs along the wall, providing views of the river. The southern edge of the park abuts the properties that line the north side of St. Kolbe Street. South and east of the historic core of the park lies Feldman Park, an adjoining city property that consists primarily of sports fields. On the west end of the park is another small pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulaski Park, Northampton
Pulaski Park is a small urban park located in the city of Northampton, Massachusetts. It is situated on Main Street (State Highway 9) between the City Hall and the Academy of Music Theatre. The park was named after Polish military leader Casimir Pulaski. Features The park consists of shade trees, walkways, benches, a playground, and a small stage. The front of the park has a plaza with movable cafeteria tables and chairs. Behind the plaza is a grassy space suitable for picnics. The play area consists of stumps to jump on and a slide made out of Goshen stone. Planters and other features are made of rusty steel, serving as a nod to Northampton's industrial past. One environmentally friendly feature was added to the park is a stormwater garden consisting of plants that absorb rainwater and naturally treat it before being carried into the storm drainage system. A bus stop that serves several routes on the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA), including several routes leading to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commemoration Of Casimir Pulaski
Casimir Pulaski ( March 6, 1745 – October 11, 1779) was a Polish nobleman, soldier and military commander who has been called "the father of the American cavalry". He has had hundreds of monuments, memorial plaques, streets, parks and similar objects named after him. Places ; Cities and towns * Pulaski, Tennessee * Pulaski, Iowa * Pulaski, Illinois * Mount Pulaski, Illinois * Pulaski, Wisconsin * Pulaski, New York ; Counties * Pulaski County, Arkansas * Pulaski County, Georgia * Pulaski County, Illinois * Pulaski County, Indiana * Pulaski County, Kentucky * Pulaski County, Missouri * Pulaski County, Virginia Parks ; Pulaski Park in Northampton, Massachusetts: Sits on Main Street between City Hall and the historic Academy of Music Theater. Northampton and the surrounding area are home to many Polish-American immigrants and their descendants. ; Pulaski Park in Manchester, New Hampshire: Located at the corner of Union and Bridge streets, is home to equestrian statue of Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulaski State Park
Pulaski State Park is a 100-acre state park near the village of Chepachet in Glocester, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1939 and contains a day use facility inside the George Washington Management Area with a beach and covered picnic areas. The Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ... built a road to the park when " 1940, the state acquired a lease from the federal government for what is now the Casimir Pulaski State Park and Peck Pond in what is now the Glocester-Burrillville line. "Ethan Shorey, "Across northern R.I. are signs of the Civilian Conservation Corps," ''Valley Breeze'' http://www.valleybreeze.com/2019-01-02/cumberland-lincoln-area/across-northern-ri-are-signs-civilian-conservation-corps#.XWs-KJNKi-s References {{authority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rhode Island State Parks
There are twenty-two major facilities that make up the RI State Park system. This includes eight state (saltwater) beaches and five (non-surf) beaches, along with smaller public use lands managed by the Division of Parks and Recreation within the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. State parks State beaches Other Division of Parks and Recreation lands The State of Rhode Island Division of Parks and Recreation manages other state lands which do not have a state park or state beach designation. References Note: All data come from the respective state park's webpage unless otherwise noted. External links Rhode Island State ParksRhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Parks & Recreation {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Rhode Island State Parks Rhode Island state parks State parks State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulaski Park (Omaha)
This is a list of parks in Omaha, Nebraska. It includes cemeteries and golf courses. Most parks in Omaha are governed by the City of Omaha Parks and Recreation Department. History In 1854 Alfred D. Jones drew four parks on the original map of Omaha City. They were called Jefferson Square, which was paved over by I-480; Washington Park, which is where the Paxton Block currently sits at North 16th and Farnam Streets; Capitol Square, where Omaha Central High School is now located, and; an unnamed tract overlooking the river with Davenport Street on the north, Jackson Street on the south, North 8th on the east and North 9th Street on the west. Jefferson Square lasted until 1969, when it was razed to make way for a new interstate in downtown Omaha. The riverfront from the interstate south to the headquarters of ConAgra Foods is now the Heartland of America Park. Hanscom Park became Omaha's first park. Miller, Fontenelle, Elmwood and Riverview were Omaha's largest parks in 1920. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulaski Park (Denver)
Pulaski Park refers to a number of places named after Casimir Pulaski (Kazimierz Pułaski), a Polish military commander and American Revolutionary War hero. Parks in the United States * Pulaski Park (Chicago) * Pulaski Park (Holyoke, Massachusetts) * Pulaski Park, Northampton, Massachusetts * Pulaski Park, Fall River, Massachusetts, a Commemoration of Casimir Pulaski * Pulaski State Park, a state park in Rhode Island * Pulaski Park (Omaha) * Pulaski Park, Pulaski, Virginia; see Canon de 155 mm GPF *Fort Pulaski National Monument (National Park Service), an American Civil War military fort near Savannah, Georgia Neighborhoods in the United States * Pulaski Park, Chicago, Illinois * Pulaski (Gary), a park in Gary, Indiana See also * Commemoration of Casimir Pulaski * Pulaski Township (other) Pulaski Township may refer to: * Pulaski Township, Lonoke County, Arkansas, in Lonoke County, Arkansas * Pulaski Township, Michigan * Pulaski Township, Morrison County, Minnesota * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canon De 155 Mm GPF
The Canon de 155 Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) modèle 1917 was a WWI-era French-designed 155 mm gun used by the French Army and the United States Army during the first half of the 20th century in towed and self-propelled mountings. History The gun was designed during the First World War by Colonel Louis Filloux to meet an urgent need for modern heavy artillery and became the standard heavy field gun of the French Army from 1917 until the Second World War. It was also adopted by the United States as the M1917 and a close derivative of it was made in and used by the US as the M1918 through the Second World War. The design adopted the split trail invented by French Colonel Deport in the early 1910s (see Cannone da 75/27 modello 11), and unlike the previous pieces, which had their carriages riveted from machined and/or pressed steel parts, utilized very large steel castings. The gun was also manufactured in the United States from 1917, after the US switched to metric art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument is located on Cockspur Island between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. It preserves Fort Pulaski; during the American Civil War, the Union Army successfully tested rifled cannon in combat in 1862 there, the success of which rendered brick fortifications obsolete. The fort was also used as a prisoner-of-war camp. The National Monument includes most of Cockspur Island (containing the fort) and all of the adjacent McQueens Island. Construction After the War of 1812, US President James Madison ordered a new system of coastal fortifications to protect the United States from a foreign invasion. Construction of a fort to protect the port of Savannah began in 1829 under the direction of Major General Babcock and later Second Lieutenant Robert E. Lee, a recent graduate of West Point. The new fort would be on Cockspur Island, at the mouth of the Savannah River. In 1833, the facility was named Fort Pulaski in honor of Casimir Pulaski, a Polish soldier an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulaski Park, Chicago
West Town, northwest of the Loop on Chicago's West Side, is one of the city's officially designated community areas. Much of this area was historically part of Polish Downtown, along Western Avenue, which was then the city's western boundary. West Town was a collection of several distinct neighborhoods and the most populous community area until it was surpassed by Near West Side in the 1960s. The boundaries of the community area are the Chicago River to the east, the Union Pacific railroad tracks to the south, the former railroad tracks on Bloomingdale Avenue to the North, and an irregular western border to the west that includes the city park called Humboldt Park. Humboldt Park is also the name of the community area to West Town's west, Logan Square is to the north, Near North Side to the east, and Near West Side to the south. The collection of neighborhoods in West Town along with the neighborhoods of Bucktown and the eastern portion of Logan Square have been referred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
