tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post8146677602360794946..comments2024-03-27T20:35:24.546-04:00Comments on My Daily Kona: The Polish Engineer that saved AmericaMrGarabaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-15738183046842585922019-07-20T10:19:42.178-04:002019-07-20T10:19:42.178-04:00Hey Rick;
Yep Fort Pulaski near Savannah was ...Hey Rick;<br /><br /> Yep Fort Pulaski near Savannah was named for him. I haven't visited that fort, my son and I like to check out old coastal Forts, we did that in Pensacola and Mobile. Those are worth the trip.MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-69507996174497906772019-07-20T10:13:54.781-04:002019-07-20T10:13:54.781-04:00Hey Steve;
The Town of Kosciusko Miss was na...Hey Steve;<br /><br /> The Town of Kosciusko Miss was named for him as an honor, but I couldn't find any action that he did in that area. All my research showed that he never made it that far west. I surmised that Poles had moved into that area as the Americans moved west and probably they wanted to honor one of the most famous Pole's in history. This is what Wiki had on the town"It is named for General Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian officer who served with the Continental Army and assisted United States military efforts during the American Revolution.[5] The name has been Anglicized as "Kosciusko". The settlement was originally named Red Bud Springs for one of three natural springs that were present in the city. "MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-91639118472341275232019-07-20T01:47:44.376-04:002019-07-20T01:47:44.376-04:00A contemporary was Casimir Pulaski who also fought...A contemporary was Casimir Pulaski who also fought in the American Revolution. He was the namesake and grandfather of a long time resident of the small beach town in which I lived. Yes he is fully knowledgeable of his family history, proudly so.<br /><br />Another Pole, some twenty year younger than Kosciusko, Casimir Zeglen, invented the first bullet proof vest.<br /><br />RickAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495862358340777039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-23684764407519266282019-07-20T01:41:26.895-04:002019-07-20T01:41:26.895-04:00So how does a suthurnu (Shelby Foote, salut!) pron...So how does a suthurnu (Shelby Foote, salut!) pronounce the name?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495862358340777039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-79263157364743685962019-07-19T16:11:21.504-04:002019-07-19T16:11:21.504-04:00Interesting piece(s) of history!Interesting piece(s) of history!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-88546469047321745102019-07-19T13:55:39.309-04:002019-07-19T13:55:39.309-04:00You left out his action in what is now Mississippi...You left out his action in what is now Mississippi during the Revolutionary War and that the town of Kosciusko, Mississippi is named for himStevePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16389148581959781269noreply@blogger.com