General Pulaski Memorial Day, 1995

Proclamation 6839 of October 10, 1995

General Pulaski Memorial Day, 1995

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

October 11 marks the anniversary of the death of
General Casimir Pulaski, an American and Polish hero
whose devotion to the cause of freedom led him to our
shores to fight in the War for Independence and,
finally, to give his life during the siege of Savannah.
Each year, people around the Nation honor this great
man, remembering that his courage and unwavering
principles helped to make our country free.

It was General Pulaski's love of liberty that inspired
his battle against oppression--first in his native
Poland and then in America. With exceptional valor and
military skill, he commanded soldiers of the
Continental Army in several important contests of the
Revolutionary War. And on this day in 1779, General
Pulaski made the ultimate sacrifice so that democracy
and self-government might triumph.

The annals of Poland and America contain many accounts
of bravery, nobility, and service, and Casimir Pulaski
occupies a prominent place in the hearts and histories
of both countries. Thanks to the struggles and
sacrifices of the men and women who have followed his
proud example, Poland today is peaceful, free, and
increasingly prosperous.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 October 11, 1995, as General
Pulaski Memorial Day. I encourage all Americans to
commemorate this occasion with appropriate ceremonies
and activities paying tribute to the legacy of General
Casimir Pulaski and honoring all those who carry on his
mission.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and ninety-five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and twentieth.