PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
LABOR DAY
THE FIRST
MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER WAS CRAFTED BY THE LABOR MOVEMENT OVER A HUNDRED YEARS
AGO AS LABOR DAY. LABOR DAY IS OUR NATIONAL TRIBUTE HONORING THE
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE WELL BEING OF
OUR COUNTRY BY WORKERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND REPRESENTING EVERY INDUSTRY,
EIGHTEEN-EIGHTY-TWO
MARKED THE FIRST WIDE SPREAD CELEBRATION OF THE LABOR DAY
THE INITIAL FORM OF OBSERVANCES WAS A STREET PARADE, TO EXHIBIT THE STRENGTH AND ESPRIT DE CORPS OF THE TRADES AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. THESE ACTIVITIES WERE FOLLOWED BY RECREATION AND AMUSEMENT FOR WORKERS AND FAMILIES. THE CHARACTER OF THIS CELEBRATION HAS UNDERGONE A METAMORPHOSIS IN RECENT YEARS. THE MESSAGE OF LABOR DAY HAS SHIFTED BY THE MEDIA WITH LAST DITCH VACATIONS, MALL SHOPPING, AND BARBEQUES IN FAMILY BACKYARDS.
IT IS FITTING THE VITAL FORCE OF LABOR BE RECOGNIZED AND THE NATION PAY HOMAGE BY SETTING ASIDE A SPECIAL DAY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE “HANDS-ON” CREATORS OF SO MUCH OF THE NATIONS STRENGTH, FREEDOM, AND LEADERSHIP, THE AMERICAN WORKER.
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