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Originally Posted by recluse
October 3rd:
PULASKI DAY!  |
General Pulaski Memorial Day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General...i_Memorial_Day
Interesting. You of course would know Tadeusz Kościuszko. Did you know Australia's tallest mainland peak is
Mount Kosciuszko (<---Wikipedia linky)? It was named by Polish explorer Strzelecki
"because of its perceived resemblance to the Kościuszko Mound in Krakow" (well, there's a little confusion over Mount Townsend and Kosciuszko, but that's by-the-by now).
"A pinnacle, rocky and naked, predominant over several others...The particular configuration of this eminence struck me so forcibly by the similarity it bears to a tumulus elevated in Krakow over the tomb of the patriot Kosciuszko that, although in a foreign country, on foreign ground, but amongst a free people, who appreciate freedom and it votaries, I could not refrain from giving it the name Mount Kosciusko." (Strzelecki)
I enjoy the connections, from Poland to the U.S.A. to Oz, and the people wrapped around them.
Cheers,
Marc