Casimir Pulaski Day
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Casimir Pulaski Day is celebrated throughout the State of Illinois on the first Monday of every March to commemorate Casimir Pulaski, a Revolutionary War cavalry officer, and is celebrated mainly in the City of Chicago. Illinois enacted a law on June 20, 1977 to celebrate the birthday of Casimir Pulaski (born March 4th, 1747) and held the first official Pulaski Day celebrations in 1978.
Chicago has a historically large Polish population and residents often joke that the City of Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world, outside of Warsaw and various websites make this claim without reference to any census data. Chicago celebrates Pulaski Day with an annual parade.
See also
External link
- Casimir Pulaski Day (http://www.eiu.edu/~insight/pulaski/pulaski.htm)