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A Labor Day Re-post

  From 09/06/2010

The True Meaning......Of ...."Labor Day"

Sometimes......we must be reminded of the true meaning of a holiday.......Specifically ....this one:
 
Throughout the history of Labor Day, which is an American National holiday, it takes place the first Monday of September.  Some call it is the unofficial end to summer.  Labor Day's true meaning is to honor the everyday working people.  The people whose sweat build and maintain the heart of  United States.  Today Labor Day is as normal as baseball, apple pie and fireworks on the fourth of July, but this was not always so.

In 19th century America, the industrial revolution was in full bloom, and people were needed en masse to feed the machines of mass production.  Millions responded, coming from the farms by the promise of the American dream, a trust in the commonwealth.  The people wanted a secure year-round income in an environment sheltered from the often harsh elements.  What they found was a life toiling twelve and fourteen hours a day in dingy and sometimes dangerous conditions in factories and underground mines.

From the late 1700s into the mid 1800s working people increasingly joined together in trade unions that would bargain collectively for the benefit of all members.   A day to praise the efforts of the everyday people was first suggested around 1880 by Peter J. McGuire, founder of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.  However, the first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City by the Knights of Labor.   It celebrated the working man on that date.  The idea of celebrating the everyday working man began to spread with the growth of labor organizations.  By 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.

This holiday is to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community.  Labor day is also a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families.  Parades, festivals , barbeques, this became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day.  Speeches by prominent men and women are given to emphasis the economic and civic significance of the holiday.

In the l880'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.  In 1894, Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an official national holiday.


Labor Day has come to be recognized in the United States not only as a celebration of the working class, but also as  the unofficial end of the summer season.  In the northern half of the U.S.  the summer vacation season begins with Memorial Day and ends with Labor Day.

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Merry Christmas!!

From all of us at 5 on Five.....we wish all of you .....

A very merry  Christmas!

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Thoughts.......on a Cold....Friday Night

Lately........we have been presenting the news & views.....

Tonight.......some thoughts....from yours truly.


Things.......I think I think:


There's nothing better....that a Friday night high school football game in Georgia.


2 Live Stews........on 79o The Zone......and  Sporting News Radio  will have you hooked...with one listen.


15 shopping days.....before Christmas.....Are you done?


Are the Atlanta Falcons.....really 10-2?

Are the Carolina Panthers......really 1-11?


I think......the San Antonio Spurs.......are the real thing.


I think .....the NCAA....is stupid......to wait until Jan 10....to play it's championship game.


The UGA mens basketball team......will be pretty good this year.


The ...Steve Harvey Morning Show...is great radio.


Have you called......a family member lately?   Just to say hi?


I think......if you can't see the difference in HDTV...from regular TV...you are legally blind.

I'm feeling a little giddy.....we're over 10,000 page views...who'd a thunk it?


There......my thoughts.......on a cold Friday night!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

From all of us at 5 on Five.....

We wish all of our readers and followers a very happy Thanksgiving.

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T.G.I.F.........????

It is ......Friday.   Thank God.

Was this a looooonnnngggg  week?  Or what?

Hot lazy days.....Dog days.....Summertime...in the south.

I still can't believe ......how we survived......all those summers......with just a 20" box fan.

No AC........No "Weather Channel" ....to warn us of the pending "heat index".

No "Doppler Radar"....to tell us we might have a severe thunderstorm approaching.

But......we made it.   

We did not die of heat strokes......we didn't get struck by lightning.

We.......survived......to live on.

Anyway.......it's  a Friday.

We're tired.

We've worked all week.

Now........relax.

Have one......on us!

T.G.I.F.
 

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