General Assembly Decrees State Polka, Second State Song, Other Important Stuff

By Elissa Bass 

Connecticut's General Assembly got a lot of important things done this session: a budget, the nation's toughest gun laws, dog breeds cannot be discriminated against.

But hidden among all that high-level legislation were some other, equally impressive bills that passed.

Thanks to the Connecticut Mirror for pointing it all out:

• The 'ballroom polka' is the official state polka.
• The second official state song (behind 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') is "Beautiful Connecticut Waltz," written by Newington-based country singer-songwriter Joseph Leggo in 1949.
• March is Irish-American Month
• October is Italian-American month
• November is Native American Month
• June 24 is French Canadian-American Day