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Sunday, September 6, 2015

What is Labor Day?

long holiday weekend

Labor Day has been celebrated as a national holiday paying tribute to working men and women in the United States and Canada since 1894.

The first Labor Day parade occurred 5 September 1882, in New York City.  The workers' unions chose the first Monday in September because it was halfway between Independence Day in July and Thanksgiving in November. 

Some states designated Labor Day as a holiday before President Grover Cleveland signed a law designating the first Monday in September as the federal holiday known as Labor Day nationwide.

If you want to know more about Labor Day in the United States…what it means, where it originated, etc., this article http://www.dol.gov/laborday/history.htm has a lot of good information.

safe and happy labor day
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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2015 at 8:26 PM

    Cat,
    Thank you!
    Meredith

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    1. CatSeptember 14, 2015 at 12:00 AM

      You're welcome Mere!

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  2. RozSeptember 7, 2015 at 3:10 AM

    Enjoyed reading this Cat. Hope you are having a wonderful Labour Day weekend. It's late October here. Yesterday was Father's Day though.

    Hugs
    Roz

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    1. CatSeptember 14, 2015 at 12:01 AM

      Happy you enjoyed it Roz. Had a busy Labor Day weekend getting ready to come visit my grands. ;) Sheesh...really wish a lot of our holidays were the same days. LOL

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  3. an English RoseSeptember 7, 2015 at 5:19 AM

    Hope you and yours had a great day Cat,
    love Jan,xx

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    1. CatSeptember 14, 2015 at 12:02 AM

      Thanks Jan...just busy getting everything ready to come visit my grands. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  4. Aimless RamblingSeptember 7, 2015 at 7:00 AM

    Thanks Cat. Have a great day.

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    1. CatSeptember 14, 2015 at 12:02 AM

      Your welcome Sunny...hope you and Ray had a great day. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  5. ronnieSeptember 7, 2015 at 10:51 AM

    Thanks Cat. Enjoyed reading it. Hope you are having a wonderful day.

    Love,
    Ronnie
    xx

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    1. CatSeptember 14, 2015 at 12:03 AM

      You're welcome Ronnie...happy you enjoyed the article.

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  6. stay at home momSeptember 7, 2015 at 3:55 PM

    Thank you, Cat. Wishing you a happy Labor Day!

    hugs

    Nina

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    1. CatSeptember 14, 2015 at 12:04 AM

      Thank you Nina...happy you enjoyed the post.

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2015 at 9:52 AM

    I hope that you had a wonderful Labor Day, Cat T! :) I loved the little bit of history that you gave us all too! Many hugs,

    <3 Katie T

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    1. CatSeptember 14, 2015 at 12:05 AM

      Thanks Cuz...had a busy Labor Day. Happy you enjoyed the bit of history...always fun to learn isn't it. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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