09/04/2026
Have a great Labor Day weekend! Have fun, stay safe out there. And a big thank you to everyone who's working this weekend so others can play. 🏆
👉 Did you know?
Labor Day is not really about the "end of summer." Labor Day was first unofficially celebrated in 1882, when about 10,000 workers took an unpaid day to march. Back then, Americans often worked 12-hour days, seven days a week, in unsafe factories, mills, and mines just to make a living. Even kids worked long hours for little pay. By the summer of 1894, Pullman railcar workers were on strike over a double slam of wage cuts and high rents. Their protest had grown into a nationwide rail boycott. Right in the middle of it, President Grover Cleveland signed the law making Labor Day a national holiday, a gesture toward labor. Days later, federal troops moved into Chicago, and by July 7 National Guardsmen had fired into a crowd of strikers, killing as many as 30 people. I'll place a link in the comments. The more you know...
Image: Elroy-Sparta Trail State Trail
