Happy Labour Day
Happy Labour Day to our American readers.
From Smalldog.com Kibble and Bites newsletter a brief explanation of Labour Day for th rest of us:
"Labor Day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. "All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man of strife and discord for greed and power of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man living or dead, to no sect, race or nation."
On September 5, 1882, the first Labor Day parade was held in New York City. Twenty thousand workers marched in a parade up Broadway. They carried banners that read "LABOR CREATES ALL WEALTH" and "EIGHT HOURS FOR WORK EIGHT HOURS FOR REST EIGHT HOURS FOR RECREATION!" After the parade, there were picnics all over the city, with Irish stew, homemade bread, and apple pie. At night, fireworks were set off. Within the next few years the idea spread from coast to coast and all states began to celebrate Labor Day. In 1894, Congress voted to make it a federal holiday.
Happy Labour Day to our American readers.
From Smalldog.com Kibble and Bites newsletter a brief explanation of Labour Day for th rest of us:
"Labor Day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. "All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man of strife and discord for greed and power of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man living or dead, to no sect, race or nation."
On September 5, 1882, the first Labor Day parade was held in New York City. Twenty thousand workers marched in a parade up Broadway. They carried banners that read "LABOR CREATES ALL WEALTH" and "EIGHT HOURS FOR WORK EIGHT HOURS FOR REST EIGHT HOURS FOR RECREATION!" After the parade, there were picnics all over the city, with Irish stew, homemade bread, and apple pie. At night, fireworks were set off. Within the next few years the idea spread from coast to coast and all states began to celebrate Labor Day. In 1894, Congress voted to make it a federal holiday.
