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The Steamship Pulaski disaster was the term given to the June 14, 1838, explosion on board the American steam packet Pulaski, which caused her to sink 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina with the loss of two-thirds of her passengers and crew. About 59 persons survived, and 128 were lost. [2]
John Adams has had two ships named after him in 1799 before his death on 4 July 1826, as well as a submarine in the 20th century: USS Adams was a 28-gun frigate built in New York, and launched 8 June 1799; USS John Adams was a 24-gun frigate built in Charleston, South Carolina launched 1 October 1799.
One United States Navy ship has borne the name Pulaski, after Casimir Pulaski. Another ship has borne the name Casimir Pulaski. This ship is sometime incorrectly referred to as USS Pulaski. There was yet another USN ship which contained the word Pulaski. Named for Casimir Pulaski. USS Pulaski (1854) USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633)
USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), a Polish general who served in the American Revolutionary War.
President Barack Obama signed the bill on November 6, 2009, making Pulaski the seventh person so honored. [20] Detroit folk singer Sufjan Stevens featured a track called "Casimir Pulaski Day" on his 2005 album Illinois. Chicago punk band Big Black featured a track called "Kasimir S. Pulaski Day" on their 1987 album Songs About Fucking.
President Reagan announces his designating of the upcoming October 11 as "General Pulaski Memorial Day" in honor of Casimir Pulaski. [177] October 6 – President Reagan issues a public statement on the death of President of Egypt Anwar Sadat, calling the latter "a courageous man whose vision and wisdom brought nations and people together." [178]
The quotes from the World Trade Center site can be found in September Morning: Ten Years of Poems and Readings from the 9/11 Ceremonies New York City, compiled and edited by Sara Lukinson.
General Pulaski Memorial Day is a United States public holiday in honor of General Kazimierz PuĊaski (spelled Casimir Pulaski in English), a Polish hero of the American Revolution. This holiday is held every year on October 11 by Presidential Proclamation , to commemorate his death from wounds suffered at the siege of Savannah on October 9 ...