Of all our federal holidays, Labor Day has to be the oddest one of all, as it celebrates work by giving millions of Americans a paid day of play.
According to no less an authority on the subject than the U.S. Department of Labor, the holiday “is rooted in the late nineteenth century, when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the many…
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