What is Casimir Pulaski Day for? I mean we have no school for it so what's the significance for it? Do any other states have this besides IL?
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2006-07-20 05:43:50 · 6 answers · asked by ♥ The One You Love To Hate♥ 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Casimir Pulaski Day is a regional United States holiday celebrated on the first Monday of every March to commemorate Casimir Pulaski, a Revolutionary War cavalry officer born March 4, 1747. It is celebrated mainly in areas which have large Polish populations.
Illinois enacted a law on June 20, 1977 to celebrate the birthday of Casimir Pulaski and held the first official Pulaski Day celebrations in 1978. Chicago celebrates Pulaski Day with an annual parade, and many Illinois school children are given the day off. However, as the percentage of Polish Americans in Illinois drops and as fewer Polish Americans are elected to office, more and more schools in the state are opting out of observing the holiday. The holiday is also a special observance day in Wisconsin public schools, celebrated March 4th, as outlined in state statute 118.02. While not a state holiday, Indiana also marks the day as a commemorative day by governor's proclamation (IC 1-1-12.5).
Michigan-born songwriter Sufjan Stevens titled a song "Casimir Pulaski Day" on his album Illinois (or alternately, Illinoise ). The song is not specifically about the celebration but about a personal event that took place "in the morning, in the winter shade, on the first of March, on the holiday." Chicago-based rock band Big Black had a 1985 song titled "Kasimir S. Pulaski Day".
The United States created the federal General Pulaski Memorial Day in 1937, which commemorates Pulaski's death at the Siege of Savannah on October 11, 1779. The New York City Pulaski Day Parade and Pulaski Days in Grand Rapids, Michigan use this date.
2006-07-20 05:46:38 · answer #1 · answered by LEG 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Hmm I remember a long time ago I was traveling & must've been in Il there was a Casmir Pulaski day! I asked people in the car with me they didn't know? Don't think I asked anybody else...The day isn't celebrated in NY & we have a large Polish population! In fact my parents came over from the part of Ukraine that Poland took over after WW1! Catch ya later Sweety!
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2006-07-20 06:18:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of that day before in my life, I'm from Tennessee.
2006-07-20 07:01:35 · answer #3 · answered by BabeeOreo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of the that day
2006-07-20 05:47:08 · answer #4 · answered by jacob_advice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard of it from NY
2006-07-20 06:00:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard of it
2006-07-20 05:49:31 · answer #6 · answered by benninb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋