The Pulaski Day Parade is a parade held annually since 1937 on
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It stretches north from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village to West 143rd Street in Harlem. It is one of the most expensive shopping stre ...
in
New York City to commemorate
Casimir Pulaski, a
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
hero of the
American Revolutionary War. The parade runs from 35th to 54th Streets passing by
St. Patrick's Cathedral. It is held on the first Sunday of October and closely coincides with the October 11th
General Pulaski Memorial Day
General Pulaski Memorial Day is a United States public holiday in honor of General Kazimierz Pułaski (spelled Casimir Pulaski in English), a Polish hero of the American Revolution. This holiday is held every year on October 11 by Presidential Pr ...
, a national observance of his death at the
Siege of Savannah. The parade features Polish dancers, Polish Supplementary schools and organizations, Polish soccer teams and their mascots, scouts of the
Polish Scouting and Guiding Association, and Polish Government ambassadors and representatives.6
The Parade was first held in 1937. Its founder was
Francis J. Wazeter
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People
*Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome
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, president of the Downstate New York division of the Polish American Congress. There was no parade in 1942 nor 2020.
It is one of the oldest ethnic parades in NYC.
See also
*
Casimir Pulaski 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 – October 11, 1779), a Revolutionary War cavalry officer born in Poland as Kazimierz Pułaski. H ...
, a holiday celebrated in the Midwestern U.S. commemorating Pulaski's March 4 birthday
References
External links
Official website
Parades in New York City
Culture of New York City
Polish-American history
Polish-American culture in New York City
1937 establishments in New York City
Monuments and memorials to Casimir Pulaski
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