Labor Day Facts to Make You the Resident Smarty Pants at Your
Weekend BBQ By Maude Standish Why Do We Have A Labor Day?
Despite common-day belief, Labor Day was not actually created as
a day to lounge around shirtless, catching the last of the
summer rays and trying hard to avoid anything even remotely
considered “labor.” The day was originally sanctioned as a time
when labor unions could march down the streets to both flex
their powerful arms and make demands of their bosses. While
early celebrations often featured impassioned speeches on the
economy and well-organized parades, today’s celebrations tend to
highlight well-organized cookouts and end-of-season trips to the
beach – the two at least still have keg drinking in common. Who
Started It? The two guys duking it out in the history books for
the title of creator of America’s Labor Day have almost
identical last names: Peter McGuire and Matthew Macguire. Peter
McGuire has long been considered the Labor Day creator reigning
champ with the story going that