FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Labor Day 2015 ~ 07 September 2015

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

The FReeper Canteen Presents...

Happy Labor Day!

September 7, 2015

 

 

 

 

H I S T O R Y

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. 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. 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. 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.

 

 

 

For a lot of people, Labor Day means two things: a day off and the end of summer. But why is it called Labor Day? Labor Day is a day set aside to pay tribute to working men and women. Membership in labor unions in the United States reached an all-time high in the 1950s when about 40 percent of the work force belonged to unions. Today, union membership is less than 12 percent of the working population and closing in on just 11 percent. Labor Day now carries less significance as a celebration of working people and more as the end of summer. Schools, government offices and businesses are closed on Labor Day so people can get in one last trip to the beach or have one last cookout before the weather starts to turn colder.

T O D A Y

 

So what about you?

How are you celebrating Labor Day?

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh no....we will be thinking about you as you labor.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

BTW
I want to thank you for your wallerin’ music this weekend!
Especially Madame Butterfly!
Good thing I had my tissues handy!
*sniff*

I got totally engrossed in it.
Her lover was a cad!

[Publius]

A subtitle for the opera would be “The Ugly American.” You shouldn’t mess with cultures you don’t understand.

[Kathy in Alaska]

More Woohoos!! A shorter distance and better roads. LOTS of wonderful news....and from the pain angle as well.

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Thanks, unique.

Ms B.....#50!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my goodness....what a good BBQ idea!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glad you got to go biking, even if it hurt. d:o)

[left that other site]

Indeed.

It felt good.

Now i am going to bed.

Sweet dreams everybody!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I have been very blessed by this, that is for sure!
The Lord has been so good to me!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Very true!
Good ting you posted a hanky alert!
;0)

How are things with you?
All is well?

[NYTexan]

Mylife is at my place and I just read yer post to him.

Very happy at yer new job and offer congrats for ya!

We got together yesterday with our local FReepers for a surprise home warming party at Lauren’s new house. It’s very nice and even closer to me.

Wish you were here too as well as Luvy...

BBH from both yer BB’s

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and sleep tight, ML. ((HUGS))

[luvie]

Well, I would have been there had I been asked.

Anyway...happy housewarming to Lauren! :)

[luvie]

I can totally get that. The students are out having their summer fun, and you aren’t getting paid for passing on your wonderful talent!

I wish there were some students that needed remedial summer help in music.

[NYTexan]

It was put together a half day before it happened...

[Publius]

Doing fine. Been busy with Beethoven, but that wraps up in two weeks. I’m so pleased to see you back here.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Hi to my two BBs!
*HUGS*
Congratulation Lauren, on your new home!
I hope you will be very happy there!

Yes, the job is wonderful, and a long time coming!
The starting pay is AWESOME, and means I don’t have to work
40 hours per week. (The position was offered at 30 hours per week, and that is good because it qualifies me for health insurance.)

The only downside is I won’t have any vacation time until after August 2016.
*sigh*

Sure wish Luvvy and I were there to help you celebrate Ms Lauren!
I sure do miss you all so much!
I gotta hit the feathers!
See you tomorrow night?
Lotsa Love to you all!
Me

[Kathy in Alaska]

I am SO SO SOOOOOO happy for you!!

Good night and rest well, MS B...*HUGS*
Thanks for all you do for our troops.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Labor Day morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Happy Labor Day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, E...((HUGS))...and a Happy Labor Day to you as well.

Hope you and Bo can go hunting.