Labor Day: History, Celebration, and Traditions, Slide di Inglese

Scarica Labor Day: History, Celebration, and Traditions e più Slide in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! LABOR DAY Alessandro Secchi e Lapo Tortelli WHEN AND WHY IT IS CELEBRATED? The first Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union.10,000 to 20,000 people joined a parade through Lower Manhattan. From that year, the Labor Day is always celebrated on the first Monday of September. WHAT WE DO IN THE LABOR DAY? On this day the people usually organize a barbecue or a picnic with friends. It is also an opportunity to stay with family. The shops and restaurants are open. The people after this festivity can’t wear white clothes. Because in the 1930s, wearing white clothes in the summertime became fashionable, too. That is because some wealthy Americans in Northeast cities went on vacation in the summer. They stayed in costly hotels or summerhouses. The white clothes they wore there became linked to ease, beauty and money. But at the end of summer, around Labor Day, they put those white clothes away and returned to their lives in the city – as well as their darker, heavier clothes. SOURCES https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/labor-day https://www.dol.gov/general/laborday/history https://www.newyorkcity.it/labor-day-a-new-york/ https://www.history.com/news/labor-day-pullman-railway-strike-origins