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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
Records, 1981-89
Folder Title: General Pulaski Memorial Day
Box: 73 (1983)
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THE UNITED THE STATES. 80 SEAL
General Pulaski Memorial Day, 1983
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On October 11, 1779, the Polish and American patriot Casimir Pulaski was
mortally wounded while leading his troops in battle at Savannah, Georgia.
Pulaski died fighting in our American Revolution so that we could live as a
free and independent Nation.
It is fitting that we should pay tribute to this martyr for freedom and that free
men and women everywhere should take this occasion to rededicate them-
selves to the principles for which Pulaski gave his life. The power of the ideal
of freedom remains vital, both in Pulaski's homeland and in his adopted
country. In paying tribute to Casimir Pulaski, we pay tribute as well to all
those Poles who have sacrificed themselves over the years for their common
goal: the freedom of that heroic nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, in recognition of the supreme sacrifice General Pulaski made for his
adopted country, do hereby designate October 11, 1983, as General Pulaski
Memorial Day, and I direct the appropriate Government officials to display
the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of Sept., in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America the two hundred and eighth.
Ronald Reagan