Casimir Pulaski

READER SUBMITTED: U.S. Officials Visit Meriden Schools And Family Zone

2013-05-20 16:10:05

For the second time in just eight months, federal education officials visited Meriden on Friday, May 10, to learn about groundbreaking work taking place in the schools. The visit began at 7:45 a.m. at Casimir Pulaski Elementary School, where Deborah...

Gettysburg sesquicentennial battle re-enactment in Whitehall honors the 153rd

2013-05-17 03:01:00

If you walk up the long gravel pathway alongside the spacious grassy fields of Whitehall Township's 110-acre main park, the view from the top of the hill is remarkably similar to that from atop the hills just north of Gettysburg. From the Oak Ridge...

Polka party praises Revolutionary War hero

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Strap on your dancing shoes for the first Pulaski Polka Fest noon-6 p.m. Sunday at the Sun Inn courtyard in Bethlehem. The accordion-heavy event celebrates Polish military-officer-turned-Revolutionary-War-hero Casimir Pulaski's stay at the inn in 1778....

Events planned around the Lehigh Valley area

2013-05-11 17:23:46

LEHIGH COUNTY ALLENTOWN SALVATION ARMY will accept applications for their six-day overnight camp for ages 7-12 to be held June 26-July 1 at Camp Ladore in the Poconos. The camp will feature swimming, boating, fishing, crafts, camping, nature, hiking...

Bethlehem honors Polish Revolutionary War hero Gen. Kazimierz Pulaski

2013-04-28 19:49:02

As a small green oasis at a busy urban intersection, Bethlehem's Pulaski Park is easy to miss. Too bad. It's worth sitting there and reflecting on what might have been had Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Pulaski never come to the colonies to lend his military...

Ambassador Rodman, Gov. Quinn and, on his special day, Casimir Pulaski

2013-03-04 16:32:05

Highwood's Kidd Russell raps about Pulaski Day

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Chicagoans are used to giving Casimir Pulaski lots of love. But, frankly, you're no one until someone writes a song about you. Well, the Revolutionary War figure has finally hit the big time, courtesy of Kidd Russell, a Highwood-based hip-hop artist and...

Teachers strikes roiled schools for decades

2012-09-09 00:00:00

Chicago has experienced such a remarkable streak of strike-free school years, it is easy to forget how rancorous teacher-school board relations once were in the city. The last time Chicago teachers walked out was 25 years ago. Yet before that 1987...

Strange bedfellows for street art

2012-09-07 16:18:00

Musicians collaborate all the time; so do actors. But artists, not really — and that goes double for street art, where making an individual mark is the name of the game. That's why one of Baltimore's best-known street artists had to try it. The...

George Kalin: Put jokes aside and recognize contributions of all people

2012-08-22 17:23:00

When you live in Indiana, you hear Kentucky jokes. In Maryland, they are about West Virginia. When you’re Polish, it doesn’t matter where you live — you are the brunt of jokes. I want to dispel the idea that this nationality is worthy of...

The Polish Museum of America, Casimir Pulaski Day Ceremony.

2012-02-16 12:43:38

Pulaski County History

2011-08-16 11:27:00

Founded: March 30, 1839 History: �� Pulaski County was created in 1839 from parts of Montgomery and Wythe Counties, becoming the 87th Virginia county. It was named after Count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish nobleman who came to America after he was exiled...

The fine-arts program at Casimir Pulaski Elementary Fine Arts Academy enrolls mainly low-income children from outside the Bucktown neighborhood.

2009-08-19 00:00:00