Monday, September 04, 2023

The First Labor Day Parade

The first ever Labor Day parade in the United States was held on September 5, 1882 in New York City.

History of Labor Day at the Labor Department [Click]

Posted by Catreona at 1:00:00 AM

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15 comments:

  1. Anonymous9/04/2023 02:14:00 AM

    NY AG civil case against Trump organization for false property valuations will start during the first week of October [2023]. [Click]
    ---Alan

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    1. Catreona9/04/2023 02:13:00 PM

      Excellent!

      Going to need split screens and a lengthy scorecard...and lots of popcorn.

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    2. Anonymous9/04/2023 05:33:00 PM

      I thought a scorecard would do the job, but it looks like a farking spreadsheet will be necessary!
      ---Alan

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  2. Anonymous9/04/2023 02:27:00 AM

    The Labor Department's history fails to mention International Worker’s Day or the Haymarket Square Massacre/Affair/Incident/Riot. [Click]
    —Alan

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    1. Anonymous9/04/2023 09:09:00 AM

      Thanks for catching that! How could they leave out the riots especially? Makes you wonder who did the editing.

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    2. Anonymous9/04/2023 09:10:00 AM

      ^ {listener}

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    3. Anonymous9/04/2023 06:08:00 PM

      As memory serves me, the President and members of Congress feared a revolution or widespread violent strikes if they did not do something to recognize the worker's movement, so rushed through a "labor day" instead of a "workers' day" and settled on a date not emblematic of any commemoration of workers' struggle, beginning in 1894. In addition to the Haymarket Square “Incident” in 1886, there was the Homestead Strike in 1892 [Click], the Pullman Strike in 1894, [Click] the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911, [Click] the Seattle General Strike in 1919, [Click] and the Wall Street Bombing in 1920. [Click] I am sure there were many other similar incidents, but those come immediately to mind.

      “Oh, I love my boss,
      and my boss loves me,
      and that is why
      I am so hun-gry . . .”
      —Alan

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  3. Anonymous9/04/2023 04:15:00 AM

    Archaeologists uncover complete Neolithic cursus on the Isle of Arran [Click]
    —Alan

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  4. Anonymous9/04/2023 09:21:00 AM

    The Atlantic: What Really Happens When Americans Stop Going to Church [Click] “People hold on to their politics when they stop attending church.”
    —Alan
    P.S.: Also points out how many more people nowadays work weekends.

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  5. Anonymous9/04/2023 09:49:00 AM

    ‘A psychological weapon’: inside a Ukrainian factory making decoy kit [Click] “Plastic, wood, foam and metal are skilfully shaped into copies of weapons to fool Russian attackers”
    —Alan

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  6. Anonymous9/04/2023 06:34:00 PM

    Anton Petrov: Main Cause of Snowball Earth Period That Lasted 60 Million Years Identified [Click]
    —Alan

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  7. Anonymous9/04/2023 10:24:00 PM

    Trump could face lawsuit for mugshot copyright violation! [Click] That would work for me.
    —Alan

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