By Garrett Hylton, Reno Gazette-Journal

All due respect to Casimir Pulaski and Harry S Truman (nobody’s complaining about a three-day weekend), but the Silver State’s holiday sets the standard by celebrating Nevadan staples like imbibing, cavorting and gambling, often in costume.

Nevada Day is here, which means it’s that special time of year where folks statewide celebrate an undeniable, irrefutable, indefatigable reality: our state holiday (and state in general, for that matter) is better than yours.

You may not understand if you’re not local – odds are your state doesn’t even find itself cool enough to celebrate (more on that in a second) – but here are a few reasons why Nevada Day is a state holiday unlike any other.

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