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minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoKazimierz Pułaski is also the same Casimir Pulaski of Casimir Pulaski Day fame (both the holiday and the Sufjan Stevens song).
minus-squareAllNewTypeFacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWas he the one they named the firefighters’ tool after?
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 hours agoAccording to a quick Google search, that one was a different Pulaski: Ed Pulaski who created the tool in 1911. But Ed Pulaski’s Wikipedia article states he claimed to be a descendent of Casimir Pulaski, so it’s the same family line if so.
Kazimierz Pułaski is also the same Casimir Pulaski of Casimir Pulaski Day fame (both the holiday and the Sufjan Stevens song).
Was he the one they named the firefighters’ tool after?
According to a quick Google search, that one was a different Pulaski: Ed Pulaski who created the tool in 1911.
But Ed Pulaski’s Wikipedia article states he claimed to be a descendent of Casimir Pulaski, so it’s the same family line if so.