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HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND
from The Martini Diva
Here's the Labor Day Martini for everyone who has to work for a living. It's a strong drink because that's what you need at the end of a long work day, it's also a little sweet to put the smile back on your face after the woes of work. The cherry is your bonus.
A Few Facts About Labor Day
- Labor Day is a United States holiday that is observed on the first Monday in September.
- The first Labor Day in the United States was observed on September 5, 1882, by the Central Labor Union of New York. They held the very first Labor Day Parade.
- It became a federal holiday in 1894, instituted by President Grover Cleveland to appease the labor movement after a number of striking workers were killed in the Pullman Strike by the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals.
- The two men most often sited as the creators of Labor Day are Peter J. McGuire, a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, and Matthew Maguire, a machinist and secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York.
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