Holidays

What do holidays mean to you? Are the origins and meaning of the holiday important? Memorial Day is the unofficial start of the summer – July 4 is the official start of summer, and Labor Day is the end of the summer celebration. As such, there is nothing wrong with celebrating the beginnings and end of summer with the days off many of us receive, but I have been trying to honor why these days are on the calendar.

Labor Day was started back in the late 19th Century in America. The U.S. Government made it a federal holiday in 1894. Labor Day “honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of the country (Wikipedia).” Let’s take a few minutes today to honor the labor movement this weekend as we celebrate the end of summer (although with this heat will summer ever really end?).

To help us celebrate the weekend, why not toss on my podcast? Listen to tunes by Lydia Loveless, Tindersticks, Richard & Linda Thompson, the Golden Palominos, the Cars, Garland Jeffreys, the Go-Betweens, the Monkees, Of Montreal, the Cure, Cocteau Twins, Neko Case, Saint Etienne, and My Morning Jacket.

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