Most of the world observes International Workers’ Day on May 1 or the first Monday in May each year, but not the United States and Canada. Instead, Americans and Canadians have celebrated Labor Day as ...
ON THIS DAY IN 1870, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held at three o’clock yesterday afternoon, Jacob I. Bergen, Esq., President in the ...
Memorial Day is a sacred day of remembrance, reverence, and gratitude for the brave patriots who have laid down their lives in service to our great Nation. Throughout our history, brave men and women ...
It took more than a century for Chicago’s Haymarket Square to get this memorial to the historic labor strife that occurred there. (Photo by Jeffrey Sklansky) In much of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin ...