Yes, it is that time of year again. March 1st is not just a regular day, but yet it's PULASKI DAY!!!
Huh?
In Chicago and it's DIRECT suburbs, mostly in Cook County, Pulaski Day is a holiday. Kids get school off, a parade is held in Chicago, and I even think some local government offices might be closed. All this for this supposedly 'great' Polish man.
Honestly, I don't recall much about him, but what I do remember can be summed up by this entry in Wikipedia:
"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. This is a separate holiday from the federal holiday, General Pulaski Memorial Day, that commemorates Pulaski's death at the Siege of Savannah on October 9, 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 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 (although this is not universally observed). While not a state holiday, Indiana also marks the day as a commemorative day by governor's proclamation."
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