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Labor Day falls on September 5th this year (2022). Labor Day is one of the busiest travel days of the year. The National Hot Dog & Sausage Council (yes, that’s a real thing), says 7 billion hot dogs are eaten from Memorial Day to Labor Day. That’s only three months! You may have heard the saying “You can’t wear white after Labor Day”, and not known why. The origins of this saying comes from the 1800s. Back then, wearing lighter colors was a way to distinguish the different social classes. Wealt...
This year Labor Day is on Monday, September 6, 2021. Many people think of Labor Day as the end of summer vacation which it is, but it was created for a different reason entirely: to celebrate workers and their achievements.
During the late 19th century, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven days a week to earn a basic living. This was also a time when children at the age of 5 were working in mills, factories and mines across the country. These children were paid a fraction of the wa...
