TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, September 3, 2012
Greetings Infomaniacs,Today is Labor Day, and I hope that you all get some time to relax and unwind since you all work so hard! I am very excited because I am taking my three-year-old goddaughter to Build-A-Bear for her birthday today.
She is big into princesses right now (in fact, she calls herself "Princess Rachel") so it is only fitting that we build that girl a princess bear! I am pretty sure I am more excited than she is right now!
Enjoy!
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Email MelissaTODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased."
HINT: (1723-1790), Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy.
RANDOM TIDBITSMost Americans consider Labor Day a uniquely American experience, but in all reality, Labor Day has its origins in Canada. Stemming from 1870's labor disputes in Toronto, in 1872 a parade was held in support of a strike against the 58 hour workweek. As a result, 24 union leaders who were responsible for organizing the event were arrested under anti-union laws.
The first Labor Day celebration in the United States can be traced to New York City's Union Square on Sept. 5, 1882. It was designed as a way to appease city workers after numerous strikes and in some cases even violence.
Oregon was the first state to make it a holiday in 1887. By the time it became a federal holiday in 1894, thirty states officially celebrated Labor Day.
President Eisenhower designated May 1 as both Law Day and Loyalty Day. Each of these were specifically aimed at replacing the communist holiday with a religious or patriotic one. In many countries, May Day is also Labor Day.
More than 10,000 workers marched in the first Labor Day parade, protesting 16 hour workdays and were fighting to have an eight-hour workday.
Making Labor Day an official national holiday as part of his political campaign, in 1894, President Grover Cleveland made good on his promise, and signed a law making Labor Day an officially recognized US holiday.
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1) an example of business or dress attire / be seated
2) feeling pleasure about something good that you have done/ to give a quick push with your finger
3) something that holds together / obligated
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased."
ANSWER: Adam Smith.
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