9/18/06 Monday - Constitution
Email Subject: Constitution
Copy and answer the following questions to your message. One of the
sites you can go to for answers is at
http://www.cal-webs.org/cday/.
- When was the signing of the Constitution? September 17, 1787
- What is the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution also known
as? Bill of Rights
- Which Amendment Abolished Slavery? 13 (XIII)
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
just a year later, on September 5, 1883.
In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as
the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged
similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York
and celebrate a "workingmen's holiday" on that date. The idea spread
with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was
celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.