JimD
Well-Known Member
For the inquiring mind.....
"Labor Day is a nationallegal holiday that is over 100 years old. Over the years, it hasevolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "lastfling of summer" festival.
It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the workingclass by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York. In 1884, the Knightsheld a large parade in New York City celebrating the working class. Theparade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed aresolution to hold all future parades on the same day, designated bythem as Labor Day.
The Socialist Party held a similar celebration of the workingclass on May 1. This date eventually became known as May Day, and wascelebrated by Socialists and Communists in commemoration of the workingman. In the U.S., the first Monday in September was selected to rejectany identification with Communism.
In the late 1880's, labor organizations began to lobby variousstate legislatures for recognition of Labor Day as an official stateholiday. The first states to declare it a state holiday in, 1887, wereOregon, Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Then in1894, Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an officialnational holiday.
Today, Labor Day is observed not only in the U.S. but also inCanada, and in other industrialized nations. While it is a generalholiday in the United States, its roots in the working class remainclearer in European countries.
It has come to be recognized in the U.S. not only as acelebration of the working class, but even more so as the unofficialend of the summer season. In the northern half of the U.S. at least,the summer vacation season begins with Memorial Day and ends with LaborDay.
Many colleges and some secondary and elementary schools begin classes immediately after Labor Day.
State parks, swimming pools, and campgrounds are all quite busyon Labor Day, as vacationers take one last advantage of the waning hotseason. September is the month that marks the beginning of autumn. And,because of that, the average daytime maximum temperatures take a plungeduring the month in most of the U.S. "
"Labor Day is a nationallegal holiday that is over 100 years old. Over the years, it hasevolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "lastfling of summer" festival.
It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the workingclass by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York. In 1884, the Knightsheld a large parade in New York City celebrating the working class. Theparade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed aresolution to hold all future parades on the same day, designated bythem as Labor Day.
The Socialist Party held a similar celebration of the workingclass on May 1. This date eventually became known as May Day, and wascelebrated by Socialists and Communists in commemoration of the workingman. In the U.S., the first Monday in September was selected to rejectany identification with Communism.
In the late 1880's, labor organizations began to lobby variousstate legislatures for recognition of Labor Day as an official stateholiday. The first states to declare it a state holiday in, 1887, wereOregon, Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Then in1894, Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an officialnational holiday.
Today, Labor Day is observed not only in the U.S. but also inCanada, and in other industrialized nations. While it is a generalholiday in the United States, its roots in the working class remainclearer in European countries.
It has come to be recognized in the U.S. not only as acelebration of the working class, but even more so as the unofficialend of the summer season. In the northern half of the U.S. at least,the summer vacation season begins with Memorial Day and ends with LaborDay.
Many colleges and some secondary and elementary schools begin classes immediately after Labor Day.
State parks, swimming pools, and campgrounds are all quite busyon Labor Day, as vacationers take one last advantage of the waning hotseason. September is the month that marks the beginning of autumn. And,because of that, the average daytime maximum temperatures take a plungeduring the month in most of the U.S. "
. Except for the whole starting school after thing,yeah, that would be too nice. I've got two barbecues I'mgoing to over the weekend. One is a bbq for my dad's firmthat we have every year, the other is at a friend of my dad's house onthe beach. Hopefully it'll still be warm enough to swim atboth.
