| Casimir Pulaski Day | |
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| Observed by | Illinois, USA |
| Type | Illinois holiday |
| Date | First Monday in March |
| 2023 date | March 6 |
| 2024 date | March 4 |
| 2025 date | March 3 |
| 2026 date | March 2 |
| Frequency | annual |
| Related to | General Pulaski Memorial Day |
Casimir Pulaski Day is a local holiday officially observed in Illinois, on the first Monday of March in memory of Casimir Pulaski (March 6, 1745[1] – October 11, 1779), a Revolutionary War cavalry officer born in Poland as Kazimierz Pułaski. He is praised for his contributions to the U.S. military in the American Revolution and known as "the father of the American cavalry".
- ^ Father Stanislaw Makarewicz (1998), "The Four Birth Records of Kazimierz Pulaski", Archiwa, Biblioteki I Muzea Koscielne, vol. 70, Peter Obst and Alexandra Medvec, The Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), retrieved March 4, 2009