The death of Casimir Pulaski Day: School districts increasingly decide to hold classes on the holiday
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- Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 24, 25
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- Jim Jaworski
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- Kazimierz Pulaski, was born March 4, 1747 and was a decorated general in the American Revolutionary War. In 1977 the Illinois General Assembly created Pulaski Day, the first Monday in March to correspond with his birth, as a state holiday. A federal holiday, Gen. Pulaski Memorial Day held every year on Oct. 11 commemmorates the anniversary of his death. School districts take March 4 off unless they receive a waiver. School districts have been increasingly asking for waivers, and this year about 60 percent of Illinois districts will choose to be in class on Pulaski Day.
Drawing of Casimir Pulaski and a chart showing the percentage of school districts receiving waivers to keep classes in session
- Date of Publication
- 28 Feb 2008
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- Wilmette.News.293860
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- English
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