When I was a girl, back in the Stone Age, Labor Day meant just one thing – school would be starting the very next day as fall had arrived. It didn’t matter what the seasonal calendar had to say about it. You started a new school year in the fall, and that was the day after Labor Day.
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When Ordinary Burgers Won’t Do
Today is one of those days that has more than one National implications. It’s one of several days to celebrate bacon. The 2nd of September is the day America officially recognizes the surrender of Japan and the end of WWII.
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Just as Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer, Labor Day is the unofficial end. There is reason for this. Once upon a time, most school years ended shortly after Memorial Day. And the new school year didn’t begin until the Tuesday following Labor Day. Hence summer – as in summer vacation was between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
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I remember when there were all sorts of social rules surrounding so many holidays. Never wear white after Labor Day. Always have a new Bonnet for Easter each year. I grew up in a time when Sunday Best meant something. It did not mean fancy – whatever your best was, it was reserved for Sundays. Family and community meant something.
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Before it was a Federal Holiday, Labor Day was celebrated by individual states throughout America. While New York was the first state to introduce a bill for the establishment of Labor Day, it was not the first to pass such legislation.
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