Labor Day

Back home, today would be the far right bookend weekend of summer. What started off with Memorial Day weekend would now be winding down as kids go back to school and folks up north close up their pools before the leaves of autumn started falling. I have a lot of good memories of shutting down the season by trying to wear shorts as long as possible, as if exposed knees would help prolong the summer break from school. Its a tradition that my brother still continues to this day. I have lots of other memories of this weekend that are still hard to let go, but none of them matter today for its just another 24 hours in the sandbox. I'll just chalk this one up to another holiday lost in Iraq.

From the Department of Labor website:

"Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.

In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a "workingmen's holiday" on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country. "


Today, I think I’ll celebrate by doing some labor.

Happy Labor Day everyone.