Founder of Labor Day
More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.
Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold."
But Peter McGuire"s place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J, proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday ju
On the first day of the rest, mom and dad and I went to ningbo sea world and youngor zoo.
We first came to the sea world. Once in the aquarium, dad took me to see the sea precious animals. Have the hippocampus, giant salamander, heavy sea turtles, and cute little penguins. Overhead transparent glass in all kinds of fish swimming happily in the, I seem to feel also came to the underwater world.
Out of the aquarium, went to the ocean theatre, there are Marine animals.
Walrus in sit-ups, music we call "good", then we show the water ballet, see it stretch your head, around circle, also push the feet, how interesting! From Japan's "three sisters" sea lions, each have each skill: within a will do ten arithmetic, a lifting weights, is another ball player. Next, two beluga whales the staff with mouth top up from the water. Finally, dolphins sang a song for us, that caused a cheer.
Out of the sea world, we went to the youngor zoo. In the zoo, I saw a fierce the east-northern tiger and the tiger, mighty lion and white lion. In the panda garden, I finally met our national treasure, the giant panda. They are naughty flip, also eat bamboo. Beautiful peacock contended for the tail, to show us their beauty.
Travel over, although very tired, but I am very happy!
July 5th, 2010
It was the first day of our summer holiday.All of us were very happy. Why? Because we have two months to do things we love to do.We are free.Although we have some homework.But we can finish them in several days.And the rest time we can make good use of.My god! We have been very tired after hard studying.In summer holidays,I want to have full sleep and eat good food in order to replenish myself. Last but not the least,I will have a good rest.
This year's winter vacation to return to returning to the homeland and have discovered many amazing clean and tidy the streets have become. Although already Tales green trees along the road, but could not conceal the solemn past and prosperous; Litter has become a large green center of boulevards to the yellow straw mattresses, summer seems to reverberate with the Joyful laughing; new commercial logging within the flow of action; just widen the roads is a busy! All this only shows that the change in the economic development of a home layer height!
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