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| | SouthernAngel's Labors of Labor Day |
 | | New York's Central Labor Union organized the first Labor Day on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 and in 1894, Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an official holiday to be celebrated on the first Monday of September. |
 | | There were fields of white corn, yellow corn, and sugar cane to cut, pick, and sort - the white corn was taken to the grist mill to grind into cornmeal, the yellow corn cured in the cob house to feed the animals, and the sugar cane was cooked into molasses. |
 | | By the end of the day, I was full as a tick and red from stem to stern with barbecue sauce, watermelon, and sunburn. |
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