Pulaski, Tennessee the vicinity of Pulaski was the site of a number of skirmishes during the Franklin–Nashville Campaign. Union troops occupied the state from 1862. In 1863, Confederate courier Sam Davis was hanged in Pulaski by the Union Army on suspicion of espionage. In late 1865, during the early days of the Reconstruction Era, the city was the site of founding the first Ku Klux Klan (KKK) by six Tennessee veterans of the Confederate Army. John C. Lester, John B. Kennedy, James R. Crowe, Frank O. McCord, Richard R. Reed, and J. Calvin Jones established the KKK in Pulaski on December 25,
Casimir Pulaski woman by whom both are smitten, Kathy O'Hara (Sue Randall), who is also studying to be a concert pianist. Karl Swenson appears in this episode as Kathy's wealthy Irish father, Dennis O'Hara. Casimir Pulaski Day is a local holiday officially observed in Chicago, Illinois on the first Monday of every March. Andrew Bird released a song entitled "Pulaski at Night," painting a picture of "Pulaski at Night" and enticing a lover to return to Chicago. The song lyrics reference a picture postcard, likely an image of Pulaski Road, a major street in Chicago named after Casimir Pulaski. In 2005 Sufjan