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Yoohoo, at
last, a long weekend ! On Labor Day, just chill out,
have a ball and wish all your friends with a special
message. Labor Day,is a legal holiday celebrated on the
first Monday in September in the United States, Puerto
Rico, the Canal Zone, and the Virgin Islands. The
celebration of Labor Day, in honor of the working class,
was first suggested by Peter J. McGuire, founder of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters. It was initiated in
the U.S. in 1882 by the Knights of Labor, who held a
large parade in New York City. In 1884 the group held a
parade on the first Monday of September and passed a
resolution to hold all future parades on that day and to
designate the day as Labor Day. In March 1887, the first
state law to declare the day a legal holiday was passed
in Colorado, followed by New York, Massachusetts, and
New Jersey. In 1894 the U.S. Congress made the day a
legal holiday. Parades, and speeches by labor leaders
and political figures, mark Labor Day celebrations.
Labor Day is a national legal holiday that is over 100
years old. Over the years, it has evolved from a purely
labor union celebration into a general "last fling of
summer" festival. It grew out of a celebration and
parade in honor of the working class by the Knights of
Labor in 1882 in New York. Labor Day is celebrated in
Canada on the first Monday in September. In 1884, the
Knights held a large parade in New York City celebrating
the working class. The parade was held on the first
Monday in September. The Knights passed a resolution to
hold all future parades on the same day, designated by
them as Labor Day. |
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The first parades and rallies to honor workers were held in 1872 in
Ottawa and Toronto, and the September date was officially recognized by
Parliament in 1894. The Socialist Party held a similar celebration of
the working class on May 1. This date eventually became known as May
Day, and was celebrated by Socialists and Communists in commemoration of
the working man. Labor Day is celebrated every year on the first Monday
of September as a National holiday. Labor Day is a United States federal
holiday that takes place on the first Monday of September. In the U.S.,
the first Monday in September was selected to reject any identification
with Communism.
In the late 1880's, labor organizations began to lobby various state
legislatures for recognition of Labor Day as an official state holiday.
The first states to declare it a state holiday in, 1887, were Oregon,
Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Then in 1894,
Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an official national
holiday. Today, Labor Day is observed not only in the U.S. but also in
Canada, and in other industrialized nations. While it is a general
holiday in the United States, its roots in the working class remain
clearer in European countries. It has come to be recognized in the U.S.
not only as a celebration of the working class, but even more so as the
unofficial end 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
Labor Day.
Many colleges and some secondary and elementary schools begin classes
immediately after Labor Day. State parks, swimming pools, and
campgrounds are all quite busy on Labor Day, as vacationers take one
last advantage of the waning hot season. September is the month that
marks the beginning of autumn. And, because of that, the average daytime
maximum temperatures take a plunge during the month in most of the U.S. |
