TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, September 5, 2011

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Today is Labor Day, a federal U.S. holiday that celebrates the efforts and achievements of American workers. Do you know how this day of honor came to be in existence? Well, why don't you put your feet up, relax, and learn about the history of this holiday!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister."

HINT: (1857-1929), American economist and sociologist, and a leader of the so-called institutional economics movement.

RANDOM TIDBITS
Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary, was the first to propose a day to honor workers. However, others believe that it was Matthew Maguire, a machinist in Paterson, N.J., who proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York.

Labor Day has been celebrated on the first Monday of September every year since President Grover Cleveland declared that day Labor Day in 1894.

In many countries, Labor Day is celebrated as May Day or International Workers Day (May 1), which was originally spawned by Europe's proletariat movement.

The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take were outlined in the first proposal of the holiday â?? a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families.

Oregon was the first, then Colorado, New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey followed as the first states to declare Labor Day a state holiday.

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.

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister."

ANSWER: Thorstein Veblen.

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