Everything about Casimir Pulaski Day totally explained
Casimir Pulaski Day is a holiday observed in
Illinois on the first Monday of every March to commemorate
Casimir Pulaski, a
Revolutionary War cavalry officer born
March 4,
1747 in
Poland as Kazimierz Pułaski. He is known for his contributions to the US military at the time by training its soldiers and cavalry. The day is celebrated mainly in areas that have large
Polish populations. Chicago has one of the largest Polish populations in the United States. This is a separate holiday from the
federal holiday,
General Pulaski Memorial Day, which commemorates Pulaski's death at the
Siege of Savannah on
October 11,
1779.
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. The bill was introduced by Senator Leroy W. Lemke (D)- Chicago. Chicago celebrates Pulaski Day on the first Monday in March with an annual parade. Cook County government (which includes Chicago) and the
Chicago Public Library also close on this holiday. The holiday is also observed in
Wisconsin public schools, celebrated March 4th, as outlined in state statute 118.02 (although this isn't universally observed).
Indiana also marks the day as a commemorative day by governor's proclamation (
IC 1-1-12.5
),
although it isn't a state holiday.
In popular culture
Michigan-born songwriter
Sufjan Stevens titled a song "Casimir Pulaski Day" on his album
Illinoise. The song isn't specifically about the celebration but about a personal event that took place on Casimir Pulaski Day as indicated by the lyric, "...in the morning, in the winter shade, on the first of March, on the holiday..."
Chicago-based rock band
Big Black had a song titled "Kasimir S. Pulaski Day" on their 1987 album
Songs About Fucking.
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