FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Labor Day ~ 04 September 2017

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

The FReeper Canteen Presents...

Happy Labor Day!

September 4, 2017

 

 

 

 

H I S T O R Y

Labor Day is a national legal holiday that is over 100 years old. Over the years, it has evolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "last fling of summer" festival. It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the working class by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York. In 1884, the Knights held a large parade in New York City celebrating the working class. The parade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed a resolution to hold all future parades on the same day, designated by them as Labor Day. The Socialist Party held a similar celebration of the working class on May 1. This date eventually became known as May Day, and was celebrated by Socialists and Communists in commemoration of the working man. In the U.S., the first Monday in September was selected to reject any identification with Communism. In the late 1880's, labor organizations began to lobby various state legislatures for recognition of Labor Day as an official state holiday. The first states to declare it a state holiday in, 1887, were Oregon, Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Then in 1894, Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an official national holiday. Today, Labor Day is observed not only in the U.S. but also in Canada, and in other industrialized nations. While it is a general holiday in the United States, its roots in the working class remain clearer in European countries.

 

 

 

For a lot of people, Labor Day means two things: a day off and the end of summer. But why is it called Labor Day? Labor Day is a day set aside to pay tribute to working men and women. Membership in labor unions in the United States reached an all-time high in the 1950s when about 40 percent of the work force belonged to unions. Today, union membership is less than 12 percent of the working population and closing in on just 11 percent. Labor Day now carries less significance as a celebration of working people and more as the end of summer. Schools, government offices and businesses are closed on Labor Day so people can get in one last trip to the beach or have one last cookout before the weather starts to turn colder.

T O D A Y

 

So what about you?

How are you celebrating Labor Day?

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[beachn4fun]

Yes Navy Bro, you have gone from the work world to the never-ending home project world, congratulations, I think. Just ask Beachie!

Good Lord! How true. No more major projects (except finish the dang fence) for the next 5 or 6 months!
Good morning to you both.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Canteen.

Good morning to our

Military, our Allies, and their families.

Thank you, Ma, for preparing
the Canteen for today's activities.

Dropping in to say hello and
to wish you all a Happy Labor Day.
Not happy that summer is ending.

Can't stay. Going to the gym (need to work off some mad/stress)
(been a stressful weekend)
then fix Mr. Beachy his big weekend breakfast.

Please pray that the UN puts a stop
to North Korea's stupid behavior before
we are thrust into another damn war!!!

Please stay right where you are.
Chat up the military or a family member.
No need to fret...you know I'll be back!

The FR Canteen is

Come in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes, conversation, silliness,
and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM ~ DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

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Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

[mountainlion]

It is hot, breezy. and hazy here. Lazy hazy days of summer. 30 days form now they will close the road for the winter for construction. They let us in or out between shifts as they will be working 22 hours a day. It takes more IDs to get out and home than it does to vote.

[left that other site]

It’s a BLUE-ti-Ful Day!

Will do my best to avoid “cape traffic”, which is LEGENDARY and INFAMOUS! LOL.

The cape highway is over a mile a way, but when the wind is right, you can actually hear it.

[left that other site]

Liberals at Lunch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErRHJlE4PGI&list=PLFdhfDk27oVtNf68A3adI6z-7UjOj0v1-&sns=em

[left that other site]

Eyew...don’t watch all the way to the end..just the restaurant part. (YIKES!)

[luvie]

Happy Labor Day, y'all!
Make the best of it by NOT working!
I mean, sit down. Read a book. Watch a movie.
Grill a steak! LOL!
That's not work...right? :)
Me? I ain't doin' nuttin'!
Well...clean my tea pot when I'm done with it.
Just....relaaaaaax, y'all!
((((hugs))))

[mylife]

We are all still working.

Tell Kim Jong un my drawers aint down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWYbn0vYi88

[luvie]

LOL!

[mylife]

Gosh we go to work every day LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLiZAoOx_g

[mylife]

gotta work tomorrow ☺

[luvie]

Well, yeah. Washing dishes and making the bed can be called work.

I hope you’re getting in some relaxation today! Going to the VFW later?

[mylife]

everyday is labor day then oneday you meet teusday weld

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81L2BLtJT04

[mylife]

everyday is labor day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1_zqxfmDiA

[mylife]

What was it you do ?

Ice hockey

[beachn4fun]

Ha, ha, ha

If I were a waitress, I’d look at my watch and tell them that when they had finished researching the background of the chicken, I’d take their order.

[left that other site]

LOL! That was from an “adult” series called “Portlandia.” My sister sent it to me, as she is a recent convert to conservatism.