LABOR DAY
QHGS Wishes All a Happy Holiday

Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894. Where were your ancestors living that year? Were any of them present in 1929 at the Firemen’s Labor Day parade, pictured below?

photo: loc.gov

An excellent source for Labor Day history and media is the History.com website. Go to 

http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/labor-day and watch videos of old film footage that show Labor Day marches from the past.

RESEARCH TIP: When you imagine that one of your ancestors may have attended an event described in old newspapers or pictured in old photos, history becomes a much more interesting subject.