Chapter 31.
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CHAP. 31.— Joint Resolution To provide for the observance of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski. June 18, 1929.[[S. J. Res. 50](/us/bill/71/sjres/50).][[Pub. Res., No. 16](/us/bill/71/pubres/16).] General Casimir Pulaski. Preamble.Whereas October 11, 1779, marks, in American history, the date of the heroic death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski, who died from wounds received on October 9, 1779, at the siege of Savannah, Georgia; and Whereas the States of Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Minnesota, Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, and other States of the Union have, by legislative enactment, designated October 11, 1929, to be “General Pulaski’s Memorial Day”; and Whereas October 11, 1929, marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of General Pulaski, and it is but fitting that such date should be observed and commemorated with suitable patriotic exercises:
Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,President to invite observance of one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his death.*Ante*, p. 8.*Post*, p. 1627. That the President of the United States is requested, by proclamation,
(1)to invite the people of the United States to observe October 11, 1929, as the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski, Revolutionary War hero, by holding such exercises and ceremonies in schools, churches, or other suitable places as may be deemed appropriate in commemoration of the death of General 29Pulaski, and
(2)to provide for the appropriate display of the flagDisplay of Government flags. of the United States upon all governmental buildings in the United States on such date. Approved, June 18, 1929.