IT’S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVICE YOU THIS SUMMER.
Here are some facts about Labor Day: The unofficial end of summer!
🎉 The first Monday in September is celebrated nationally as Labor Day. It honors the American labor movement and workers’ contributions to the country.
🤔 Secretary of CLU in NYC, Matthew Maguire, is credited for proposing a Labor Day holiday in 1882. Controversially, Peter J. McGuire, vice president of the AFL, is also credited for the proposal in 1882.
🇺🇸 President Grover Cleveland signed an act making Labor Day an official national holiday in 1894.
👚 In fashion, Labor Day is (or was) considered the last day it is acceptable to wear white.
🏈 Labor Day weekend marks the beginning of many fall sports. The NFL traditionally plays its kickoff game on Thursday following Labor Day.
🌭 Labor Day marks the end of Hot-Dog Season: We\’re serious. According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, during \”hot dog season,\” which runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day, Americans consume roughly 7 billion hot dogs, or about 818 hot dogs every second.
