170904- Flag's Daily Briefing

Our Flag's Daily Briefing
for Monday, September 4, 2017

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TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:

Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff this Labor Day.
[Click here to learn more about today's half-staff honorees and verify the latest flag status for every state (courtesy of FlagNotify.com)]


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TODAY'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... Why is Labor a National Holiday? ...

First labor demonstration parade in NYC - Sept 5, 1882 [public domain image]

Labor Day, celebrated with a day-off on the first Monday of September, became an official federal holiday in 1894. The idea to celebrate "labor" was first proposed in the 1880s when trade unions and labor movement were increasing in popularity. A parade publicly demonstrating a variety of labor organizations was held on September 5, 1882, in NYC. After this parade, labor leaders proposed and began pursuing a national 'Labor Day.'
An unfortunate turn of events at the Pullman Strike of 1894 in Chicago, in which striking workers were killed by U.S. Army and U.S Marshal members, accelerated congressional approval of the Labor Day holiday. Congress approved and President Grover Cleveland signed the legislation establishing 'Labor Day' within 6 days of the Pullman Strike incident.
Oregon was the first state to make Labor Day an official public holiday in 1887, and by the time it became a national holiday in 1894, 30 states were celebrating it already.

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TODAY'S FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER COMMEMORATION
powered by:

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bruce E. Brown
Died September 4, 2003 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
Tech Sergeant Bruce Brown, 32, of Coatopa, Ala.; assigned to the 78th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.;
killed in a motor vehicle accident on Sept. 4 near Udeid, Qatar.

[summary courtesy of Military Times' Honor the Fallen website]

We honor and thank Ronald Winchester for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
Go to this Military Times 'Honor the Fallen' article to honor him and learn about his life and family

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[Serving up a slice of Americana
... thanks to Henry Hudson ...]

1873 painting of Manhattan - during the time the Brooklyn Bridge was under construction [public domain image]

[On September 4, 1609, Henry Hudson discovered the island of Manhattan.]

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