Talk:Casimir Pulaski Day

'Star-crossed lovers'

I corrected a bit of information in the media section to remove an indication that the story in the referenced song (Sufjan Stevens) was true (as best I can tell, it is not.) However, in writing this section, I used the phrase 'star-crossed lovers'. Given that this phrase can be a bit of a trope, I wanted to point it out here and suggest that any offended editors may remove it. It really is a beautiful, moving piece of music, though - I recommend you listen to it before you edit the section. 67.155.193.130 (talk) 01:38, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Yeah it is one of my favourite songs. I've always seen the main theme of the song as the death of a friend though, who was also a little bit of a girlfriend. 84.9.145.222 (talk) 12:33, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Chicago Polish population

Does anyone know how accurate the claim is/was that Chicago is second only to Warsaw in Polish population? It is stated in the article Chicago that it has the largest population outside Poland. Polish American states that the number is around 1M for the State of Illinois. Although Warsaw is 1.6 M people, I don't think any Polish city has more than 800,000 people. However, I would guess, the population distribution of Chicagoland being what it is, that a lot of Poles are living in the suburbs. What about other cities?

That claim is no longer in the article and is mainly relevant in the Chicago article. --Dhartung | Talk 20:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't think any Polish city has more than 800,000 people. Think again

Indeed, at least 6 or 7 (if you include their suburbs, that is) 78.86.18.55 (talk) 20:03, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

This claim seems to have crept in again - I'm removing it. It's too similar to many other untrue factoids I've seen ("Melbourne has biggest Greek population outside of Athens, NY has biggest Italian population outside of Rome", etc. etc.) Slac speak up! 03:50, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

List of U.S. cities with large Polish American populations, using U.S. 2000 Census data, puts Polish descent in the city of Chicago (210,421) second to New York City (213,447). In 1999, according to List of cities and towns in Poland using Central Statistical Office of Poland data, at least 16 cities in Poland had a population greater than 210,421. So Chicago doesn't even have the highest Polish count in the US, let alone in Poland. --Closeapple (talk) 04:28, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

NY Pulaski Day

The NY Pulaski Day Parade (link) is held in October, on what is referred to here as General Pulaski Memorial Day (link following), so I think it belongs there, not here. Philadelphia has a parade in October too. I (Philly native) have only heard of the October date referred to as just "Pulaski Day." I think a more prominent link to the "other" Pulaski Day would help clarify too. BillFlis 14:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

I'll write something clearer, it was bugging me, too. --Dhartung | Talk 20:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Milwaukee

I removed this paragraph:

Pulaski Day can be a source of great confusion in the City of Milwaukee. As it is an official holiday of the Milwaukee Bar Association, no mail is allowed to be delivered. As it is still delivered in the rest of the country, lag times can occur in interstate business transactions as covered in the Commerce Clause in the United States Constitution.

I don't understand how the US mail, a federal writ, can be subject to a local bar association rule. I think we need to insist on a citation for this. --Dhartung | Talk 20:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Two Holidays

Seems the two holidays (General Pulaski Memorial Day & Casimir Pulaski Day) should be merged into a single article. Both articles essentially have the same content. Javadane 23:38, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Support. --GGreeneVa 14:15, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Kolbe 20:17, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

• I am removing the merge tags because these are seperate holidays. General Pulaski Memorial Day is held every October 11, while Casimir Pulaski Day is observed on the first Monday of every March. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:55, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens's album is entitled Illinois, although "Illinoise" appears on the album cover. I have changed this entry to reflect this. 69.207.146.165 05:31, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Going to bed early?

There has been an edit on this article for a while now that claims "Many observe Casimir Pulaski Day by going to bed early." Can anyone verify this? The edit was made by an anonymous user and it seems like somewhat bizarre vandalism to me. Thoughts? Lenge001 (talk) 07:04, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Downstate Illinois

This article implies that Casimir Pulaski Day is a school holiday for Chicago Public Schools. In fact, the rest of Illinois also observes this holiday. I grew up in Central Illinois for much of my youth. I recall the holiday only coming sometime into the 80's. I believe the history of this holiday as described is incomplete. Martalli (talk) 04:25, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Needs to be checked if this is still a school holiday. Ace-o-aces2 (talk) 23:15, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Album title.

Is the album title "Songs About Fucking" really necessary? It really interrupted the flow of the article for me.

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