FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Labor Day, 2020! ~ 7 September 2020

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

The FReeper Canteen Presents...

Happy Labor Day!

September 7, 2020

 

 

 

 

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?

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[The Mayor]

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September 7

Now, then Next

Bible in a Year:

• Proverbs 1–2
• 1 Corinthians 16

He holds success in store for the upright.

Proverbs 2:7

I recently attended a high school graduation during which the speaker provided a needed challenge for the young adults awaiting their diplomas. He mentioned that this was a time in their lives when everyone was asking them, “What’s next?” What career would they be pursuing next? Where would they be going to school or working next? Then he said that the more important question was what were they doing now?

In the context of their faith journey, what daily decisions would they be making that would guide them to live for Jesus and not for themselves?

His words reminded me of the book of Proverbs, which makes many pointed statements about how to live—now. For instance: practicing honesty, now (11:1); choosing the right friends, now (12:26); living with integrity, now (13:6); having good judgment, now (13:15); speaking wisely, now (14:3).          

Living for God now, by the leading of the Holy Spirit, makes the decisions about what is next much easier. “The Lord gives wisdom; . . . He holds success in store for the upright, . . . he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones” (2:6–8). May God supply what we need for us to live by His guidelines now, and may He guide us into what’s next for His honor.

By:  Dave Branon Reflect & Pray

What changes in direction do you need to make now to honor God? How can you seek God’s guidance and empowerment in doing so?

Thank You, heavenly Father, for Your guidance in my life today. Protect me and give me wisdom to live in a way that both pleases You and reveals who You are.

To learn more about the spiritual life, visit ChristianUniversity.org/SF212.

[PROCON]

Thanks Kathy!

When do we have Old Retired Folks Doing Absolutely Nothing and Enjoying It Day?

[lightman]

Remember all who labor against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

[mountainlion]

Lots of smoke. It is even showing up on the weather radar. The fire is on the other side of where a forest fire was years ago. I hope the Tuesday snow comes early.

[SkyDancer]

~ Good Evening ~

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~ Good Evening ~

~ Welcome To My World ~

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Hi everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Hope you will get a Labor Free Day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Happy Labor Day 2020! ~

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[luvie]

Happy Labor Day!!
The way we celebrate it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh no!!! More smoke...not good. Good evening, mountainlion.

Hope you get snow to help dampen, maybe ever put out, the fire. At minimum, hope it works into the area already burned.

Stay safe!!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...are you flying parachute guys?

Enjoy your Labor Day!

[lightman]

If you were on the WB out of PHL you were over me tonight!

[lightman]

AMEN!

[SkyDancer]

Will be Monday - didn’t get home until today. (((HUGS)))

[SkyDancer]

Nope, out of DIA to SEA, Sunday morning.

[Liberty Valance]

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