REMEMBER ME. My name is Juliusz Zulauf. I was born on Aug. 20,1891, in Lviv, Ukraine. After Poland was reestablished in 1918, I returned to my hometown, where I joined the Polish Army and participated in the defense of Lwow during the Polish Ukrainian War.
On May 11, 1919, I was given the command of the Polish 4th Legion’s Infantry regiment and participated in the opening stages of the Polish Bolshevik War. I was wounded in August of that year but quickly recovered. However, I did not reassume my former post instead became the commanding officer of the garrison of Radom on Oct. 1 of that year.
After the cease fire agreement on March 23, 1921, I became the peacetime commander of the 28th Kaniow Rifles Infantry Regiment and since Sept. 28 of that year commanding officer of the 19th Infantry Regiment. I was promoted to colonel in 1923, and between 1926 and 1927 commanded the 3rd Infantry Regiment only to be promoted to the commander of the Infantry of the 5th Infantry Division. For my service on Jan. 1, 1932, I was promoted to rank of brigadier general.  
From 1937, I commanded the Lwow based 5th Infantry Division active during the invasion of Poland. From Sept. 14, I commanded the eastern perimeter of the Warsaw defense of the city’s, eastern most district, Praga. After Warsaw’s capitulation Sept. 28, I was taken prisoner of war by the Germans.
I died on May 21, 1942 at Oflag VII-A in Murnau. My daughter Irena donated many of my personal belongings to the Kielce Municipal Museum.

LANDMARK/JOURNEY. A day at the Pickering-Beach Historical Museum in Sackets Harbor. Sackets Harbor’s was an important military post, a battleground of the War of 1812, and a thriving Lake Ontario port more than a century ago. That is reflected in numerous items exhibited in the Pickering-Beach Historical Museum alongside the battlefield, now a state park. The two-story wooden structure of the village-owned museum maintained by the local Civic Improvement League was built in 1817. It became the home of Augustus A. Pickering, prominent shipbuilder, and later was the residence of Lieutenant Governor Allen C. Beach. Fine old furniture of its former owners, as well as battle souvenirs and historic documents, are shown in the museum. 
The first shot fired by Americans in the War of 1812 was said to have been from a cannon, the “Old Sow,” mounted at Sackets Harbor, on July 19,1812. Another shot from the gun, using an enemy ball which had fallen on the ground, tore the mast from the flagship of the attacking British naval force, hastening its withdrawal. The historic gun is now mounted on a square in Turin, NY.
A British landing at the harbor on May 29, 1813, was routed when the hard-pressed Americans blew up a munitions dump and the invaders thought reinforcements had arrived. Earth ramparts of Fort Pike and stone buildings of Madison Barracks, army post built in 1816-1819, are other harbor landmarks.
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CURIOUS. The importance of the Polish element in the Civil War is reflected not only in the fact that the Poles gave the Union Army 166 commissioned officers, among them there three brigadier generals and four colonels. The number of Polish officers in the confederate army was about 40.
Their importance to their respective armies was far greater than their number. Nearly every one of the commissioned officers, and very many from the ranks, were, like Capt. Constantine Blandowski, veterans of wars for freedom of past decades. In a moment when the country was obliged to quickly organize large armies their military experience was, indeed, of much value. Moreover, they were men of high ideals, men who were accustomed to and ready to sacrifice everything on the altar of a worthy cause.
About five hundred Poles in blue, and about one hundred in gray made the supreme sacrifice.

INTERESTING. As a British army doctor sat watching the American troops, he doodled with words and came up with a ditty that made fun of the “homely clad colonials.” Ironically “Yankee Doodle” became America’s first patriotic song.
The words of Doctor Richard Shuckburg’s poem were set to a traditional English folksong, or, says the folklorist Tristram Coffin, a Dutch farm song. The song was picked up by the rebels and sung with gusto by the troops at the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown.
The only confusing part of the song is “stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni.” Americans had little idea what it meant, but they sang it anyway. Actually, it referred to the Macaroni Club, popular in London at the time, which was a club of fops and overdressed men.

LEGEND. According to many legends, dwarfs are good at blacksmithing and baking, at tailoring and at prophesy making. They can disappear whenever they want, and love to attend parties. They often give good advice, but they are known to be thieves and can’t be trusted. Dwarfs are so very special, that any gift gotten from a dwarf may turn into a pot of gold.
Dwarfs are tiny, often misshapen people who, during early times had their own kingdom, ruler and laws. They dwelt in caves and were considered guardians of the minerals and precious metals found within the earth The dwarf is a lucky symbol and an important character in mythology. The main difference between dwarfs and other small folks is that dwarfs are real people.