CHAPTER 441
STATE OF DELAWARE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the 171st anniversary of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski will be observed on the 11th day of October this year; and
WHEREAS, this great Revolutionary War Patriot, by his brave and heroic acts on the field of battle and his devotion to the cause of liberty and freedom, and through his supreme sacrifice at the siege of Savannah has cemented an eternal bond between the people of the United States and the liberty-loving Polish people;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elbert N. Carve], Governor of the State of Delaware, by virtue of the laws of this State do proclaim Sunday, October 8, 1950, as
PULASKI DAY
and urge that all citizens of Delaware do honor to the memory of this brave patriot by holding and attending appropriate ceremonies in our churches, schools and other public places, and I request that the flag of our country be displayed upon all public buildings and other suitable places throughout the State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, Elbert N. Carvel, Governor of the State of Delaware, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Delaware to be hereunto affixed at Dover this Twenty-fifth day of September, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth.
(GREAT SEAL)
By the Governor:
ELBERT N. CARVEL
HARRIS B. McDOWELL, Jr., Secretary of State.