The 77th Annual Pulaski Day Parade - pictures

The Honorable Richard H. Berdnik Sheriff of Passaic County, New Jersey the 2014 Grand Marshal, accompanied by numerous dignitaries from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, will lead over 150 Polish-American organizations marching up Fifth Avenue along with veterans’ organizations; members of the Boy and Girl Scouts; and, members of cultural organizations attired in colorful folk dress representing the various regions of Poland. Local Polish communities, each led by their local Contingent Marshal, will feature more than two dozen floats and 30 marching bands.

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“The Pulaski Day Parade has been celebrated on Fifth Avenue since 1937 and is the second longest active parade in New York City history and marches rain or sun”, said General Pulaski Memorial Parade Committee President Richard D. Zawisny. “Polish-Americans are proud of Casimir Pulaski, known as the ‘Father of the American Calvary’, for his bravery and dedication to the cause of freedom in his own country and during the American Revolutionary War.” Pulaski, recruited by the Marquis de Lafayette and Benjamin Franklin, received a commission as a Brigadier General from General George Washington in 1777 and was killed during the Battle of Savannah, Georgia in 1779.

To view the Parade from the reviewing stands at 40th and 41st Streets, in front of the New York Public Library, you may purchase tickets by contacting Peter J. Walentowicz at (973) 432-8841.

Prior to the parade, there will be a con-celebrated Liturgy at 9:00 AM at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Fifth Avenue, New York. His Excellency the Most Reverend Jozef Kupny Metropolitan Archbishop of the Wroclaw Diocese of Poland of will be the Main Celebrant along with clergy from Polish communities in the tri-state who are invited to con-celebrate.

Major parade sponsors include the Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union, Polish Army Veterans Association of America, District 2, ConEdison, The Perecman Firm, PLLC, Syrena Bakery, Severyn Fur Salon, West Virginia Paint & Tank Co., ES Wood Craft, Inc. and Polish National Home of Glen Cove, NY.