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Researched by Frank Vest
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More than a century old, Labor Day is one holiday that is not to honor a hero of war, great historical leader or other famous person/event.
It is truly for the working class of people.
The first Labor Day parade in New York City was held in September 1982. Two men are credited with playing an important role not only in bringing about the parade but the holiday as well. Matthew Maguire, a machinist from Paterson, N.J., and Peter J. McGuire, a New York City carpenter who helped found the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, are said to have suggested a holiday to honor working people in the United States. In 1887, Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day a legal holiday, and in 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a bill making Labor Day a national holiday.
This is not just a United States holiday. Labor Day is observed as a legal holiday on the first Monday in September in Puerto Rico and Canada as well. In Australia, Labor Day is called Eight Hour Day, and it commemorates the successful struggle for a shorter working day. In Europe, Labor Day is observed on May 1, also known as May Day.
In the United States, Labor Day has become synonymous with the end of summer and as a kind of "last fling" before school starts for many.
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Submitted by wdbonner@pacbell.net
People are often, unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true
enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway;
What you spend years building someone may destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it will never be enough.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and GOD.
It is never between you and them anyway.
Original Author unknown none the less, a worthwhile read.
Ol'wdb
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