COUNT PULASKI DAY GIVES SOME IN ILLINOIS THE DAY OFF

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Monday, March 4, 1996

Illinois schools and a number of state offices are closed today in observance of one of the nation's more obscure holidays: Count Casimir Pulaski Day in the Land of Lincoln.

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