From 2002 to 2006, the Greendale Rd. resident served as assemblyman from New Jersey’s 34th district. In 2006, he returned to the Clifton City Council. Eagler has long been a friend to foreigners looking to make a new home in North Jersey, helping many who would call him with immigration problems. But since being elected Grand Marshal last November, the councilman’s main focus has been preparing for this year’s parade. “I try to attend as many of the local events as I can and I’m also helping to raise funds through the ad journal to defray the cost of the parade,” he said. A Parade Banquet was held on Sept. 27 at the Marriot Marquis in New York. On Oct. 5, the festivities begin with a 9 am mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and a 10:30 am breakfast at the 3 West Club between 5th and 6th Aves.
The actual procession steps off, led by the CHS Marching Mustangs Band, from 25th St. at 12:30 pm and continues up Fifth Ave. to 53rd St. The theme of this year’s parade is “Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Polish Pioneers Arriving at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia.” According to polamcon.org, “Polish craftsmen, skilled in the production of potash, soap, tar and glass manufacturing, arrived at the first English colony in the New World at the invitation of Captain John Smith, who had become acquainted with them in Europe. “Eleven years after their arrival, the Poles successfully led the first strike in the New World for equal rights. They had contributed so much to ensure the survival of the colony that when advised by the Governor that they would be excluded from voting in an upcoming election, said ‘no vote, no work.’ Such was their value to the colony that they were granted the right to vote.”
Kazimierz Pulaski Some call Kazimierz Pulaski “the father of American Calvary.” A Polish noble born on March 4, 1746, he was a military commander for the Bar Confederation and fought against Russian domination of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. When the rebellion failed, Pulaski emigrated to the American colonies, where he became a general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. On Oct. 11, 1779, he died of wounds suffered in the Battle of Savannah. The Pulaski Skyway, named in his honor, is a bridge that connects Newark and Jersey City. Source: Wikipedia.org
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