Pulaski Citizen D. McCord became the owner, passing it on to others in the McCord family after his death. In 1892 the "Citizen" was purchased by a Nashville businessman, leaving the McCord family. Pulaski Citizen The "Pulaski Citizen" is a local newspaper serving Pulaski, Tennessee. It is currently available in both print and online editions. The "Pulaski Citizen" was founded in 1854 as a four page weekly. It has been in continuous publication since 1866. In the years after the Civil War, the paper's editor was L.W. McCord, whose brother Frank McCord was a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan. During
Casimir Pulaski Day Casimir Pulaski Day Casimir Pulaski Day is a local holiday officially observed in Chicago, Illinois, on the first Monday of every March in memory of Casimir Pulaski (March 6, 1745 – October 11, 1779), a Revolutionary War cavalry officer born in Poland as Kazimierz Pułaski. He is praised for his contributions to the U.S. military in the American Revolution and known as "the father of the American cavalry". Casimir Pulaski Day is celebrated mainly in areas that have large Polish populations, such as Chicago, Bloomington, and Du Bois. The focus of official commemorations of Casimir Pulaski Day in Chicago is