Although I've shared the following information before, I think it’s very much worth sharing again.
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.
Happy Labour day Cat, enjoy the long weekend :) we celebrate in late October here.
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Roz
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Ronnie
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