Closing the summer by honoring workers

What is Labor Day? Why do we celebrate Labor Day? According to Wikipedia, this holiday originated in Canada and was intended to remind people of various labor disputes between workers and business owners in the late 19th century. It migrated to the United States after American labor leader Peter McGuire attended a Canadian labor festival and decided to bring this tradition south of the border. Considering the deadly labor disputes that were occurring in America at that time (such as the 1894 Pullman Strike), President Grover Cleveland made organized labor reconciliation a priority. Just six [...]