Labor Day
Labor Day Links
- There's No Page Like Home for the Holidays: Labor Day Includes historical information, poetry, and children's literature recommendations. Graphics intensive.
- Origins of Labour Day About the Canadian holiday.
- A Positive Light Our Labor Day Origin of the holiday from the first parade in 1882 to the idea that Labor Day should be the other 364 days of the year.
- John and Ruth's Labor Day Page Labor Day history from a Christian perspective.
- Bone Up on Labor Day Tells when the American Labor Day is celebrated, who thought it up, when it became a holiday, facts and trivia.
- What Happened to the Radical Workers' Holiday? Discussion about the development of May Day in Europe as a working person's holiday.
- Labor Day at Barbara's Entourage Features a short history and related links.
- ChristianityToday.com: Labor Day Feature brief reflection and links to related resources.
- Address of Mayor Angelo Rossi 1939 Labor Speech speech by San Francisco mayor delivered before the American Federation of Labor.
- Happy Labor Day From Netglimse.com Holiday history, dates, recipes, e-greetings, and related links.
- Labor Day U. S. A. A page honoring American working women and a brief history of Labor Day.
- Howstuffworks: Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day? Explains why people celebrate this holiday and why it is observed on the first Monday in September.
- Rearview Mirror: How Labor Won its Day Article from The Detroit News provides a look at the day's history in songs, photographs and text.
- Labor Day (First Monday in September) History and significance of the American holiday, Labor Day, from the U.S. Embassy in Sweden.
- What If We Didn't Need Labor Day? Contemplates what might happen if the media focused its attention on the lives of the nation's workforce the rest of the year.
- Labor Day is a Time to Tell the Truth About Jobs 1996 column from the director of the Sustainability Institute.
- Labor day from Rumela.com History , tradition, and facts of this event.
- Labor Day Relates the history of Labor Day, explains its significance, and describes ways in which people celebrate the holiday.
- Time to Celebrate Man's Mind Maintains that Labor Day should be a time to honor man's mind, not men's muscles, as the real source of wealth and progress.
- The History of Labor Day Explains how Labor Day came to be and what it means. From the U.S. Dept. of Labor.
- Annie's Labor Day Page Biblical perspective on Labor Day along with history and a list of the U.S. Secretaries of Labor.
- Labor Day Provides background information and links.
- Online NewsHour: A History of Labor Day--September 2, 1996 Part of the PBS web site, this page provides information about the origins of Labor Day. Material was first aired in a September 1996 News Hour.
- Celebrating Labor Day at The Holiday Zone Designed for teachers, pages includes educational games with a Labor Day theme, arts and crafts, poetry, songs, discussion topics, language activities, and book recommendations.
- Highlights of Labor Day Factual tribute to Labor Day with a comical twist. Original artwork and poetry.
- What's With This Day Off for Labor Day? CNN U.S. News article complaining about the recent lack of respect for Labor Day.
- An Eclectic List of Events in U.S. Labor History Chronology of labor struggles in the U.S. Begins 1806 when the union of Philadelphia Journeymen Cordwainers was convicted of and bankrupted by charges of criminal conspiracy after a strike for higher wages, setting a precedent by which the U.S. government would combat unions for years to come. Highlights from 1806 to 1989.
- First Labor Day Parade Excerpt from a book about the very first American Labor Day parade, held in New York City.
- Absolutely For Labor Day Includes history, relevancy of the holiday today, greeting cards, wallpapers, and posting tribute.
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