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Old 01-26-2007, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog View Post
Casimir Pulaski Day is actually a Polish Holiday.

The guy who was running for govenor at the time promised the Chicago Polish that he would give them a Polish holiday if they would vote for him. So they did, and he did. I don't think most schools/banks/gov offices get it off anymore, though.

I'd have to google to remember what Casimir Pulaski even did.
I went with the more Polish spelling (Yay wiki)

Yeah, I know it's a Chicago Polish holiday, but how great was it for the downstate kids to get off on Pulaski day and have no idea why
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