Pulaski

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Pulaski most commonly refers to Casimir Pulaski (Kazimierz Pułaski), a Polish military commander and American Revolutionary War hero.

Places and things named in honor of Casimir Pulaski

Municipalities in the United States

• Pulaski, Georgia
• Pulaski, Illinois, a town
• Pulaski, Indiana
• Pulaski, Iowa
• Pulaski, Mississippi
• Pulaski, Missouri
• Pulaski, New York
• Pulaski, Ohio
• Pulaski, Tennessee
• Pulaski, Virginia
• Pulaski, Wisconsin, a village
• Pulaski, Iowa County, Wisconsin, a town
• Pulaskifield, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Lake Pulaski, a lake in Minnesota
• Mount Pulaski, Illinois

American infrastructure and landmarks

• Casimir Pulaski Memorial Highway, the portion of Interstate 65 in Lake County, Indiana
• Casimir Pulaski Monument in Savannah
• Fort Pulaski, on Cockspur Island, Georgia
• General Pulaski Skyway, New Jersey
• Pulaski Barracks, U.S. Army military installation in Kaiserslautern, Germany, houses the 415th Base Support Battalion
• Pulaski Bridge, New York City
• Pulaski Highway, from Baltimore, Maryland, to near New Castle, Delaware
  • U.S. Route 40 in Delaware
  • U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
• Pulaski Park (disambiguation), multiple locations
• Pulaski Road (Chicago), Illinois
• Pulaski Road, County Route 11 (Suffolk County, New York)
• Pulaski Technical College, Arkansas

Events

• Casimir Pulaski Day, in Chicago
• Pulaski Day Parade, New York City
• Pulaski Days, Celebration in Grand Rapids, MI
• Pulaski riot, a race riot that occurred in Pulaski, Tennessee, in the summer of 1867

Organizations

• Pulaski Blue Jays, a minor-league American baseball team based in Pulaski, Virginia, USA

Ships

• ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski a Polish Navy frigate
• SS Pułaski, an ocean liner for the Polish-owned Gdynia America Line
• SS Pulaski, a steamship sunk off Cape Hatteras in 1838
• USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633)
• USS Pulaski (1854)
• USS Pulaski County (LST-1088)

Art, entertainment, and media

• Eddie Pulaski, police officer in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Katherine Pulaski, a medical officer from the American television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Ronette Pulaski, a character from the Twin Peaks TV series and movie
• Michael Pulaski, a character from Family Guy
• Andrew Pulaski, the secret identity of comic book superhero Apollo of The Authority
• "Pulaski at Night", a song by Andrew Bird
• "Casmir Pulaski Day", a song by Sufjan Stevens, from Illinois (2005)
• Pulaski, a 1987 BBC TV series
• "Pulaski", an instrumental song by The Shadows (theme from the BBC TV series) (1987)
• "Pulaski", a song by Drive-By Truckers, from Go-Go Boots (2011)
• "Pulaski Skyway", a song by Clutch, from Robot Hive/Exodus (2005)

People with the surname

• Casimir Pulaski, Polish soldier and nobleman, "the father of American cavalry"
• Ed Pulaski, of the U.S. Forest Service
• Józef Pułaski, a Polish noble and joint creator of the Bar Confederation, father of Casimir

Transportation

• Pulaski station (CTA Orange Line)
• Pulaski station (CTA Blue Line), on the Blue Line's Forest Park branch
• Pulaski station (CTA Green Line)
• Pulaski station (CTA Pink Line)

Other uses

• Pulaski (tool), a hand tool combining an ax and a mattock for fighting fires, named after Ed Pulaski, listed above

See also

• Pulaski Middle School (disambiguation)
• Pulawski (disambiguation)