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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
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Folder Title: General Pulaski Memorial Day
Box: Box 81 (1987)
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THE OF THE UNITED
BO
STATE
General Pulaski Memorial Day, 1987
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The American people proudly and gratefully observe every October 11 in
memory of General Casimir Pulaski, because on that date in 1779 this young
Polish count and cavalry officer, wounded two days before while leading a
charge during the siege of Savannah, gave his life for our country.
Before casting his lot with America, Casimir Pulaski had fought bravely
against tyranny and foreign domination in his beloved Poland and had been
forced into exile. He and other Polish freedom fighters well understood that
humanity's battle for liberty and self-government is indivisible around the
world; with the immortal cry, "For Your Freedom and Ours," they went forth
to many nations in support of freedom, justice, independence, and individual
rights. These ideals are forever part of Poland's heritage; they are dear to the
Polish people, and this devotion continues to inspire America and the rest of
the world.
The freedoms for which General Pulaski fought and died-the freedoms he
helped America win-have not yet been realized in many parts of the globe.
The United States of America will always champion religious, political and
economic liberty, tolerance, and human rights around the world. Wherever
mankind's fight for freedom continues, there stands the spirit of Pulaski and
there stands the hope, the commitment, and the help of the United States-
"For Your Freedom and Ours."
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim Sunday, October 11, 1987, 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 addition, I encourage the people of the United States to commemorate this
occasion as appropriate throughout our land.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of
October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twelfth.
Ronald Reagan