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00:00oh it's gonna be a hoot labor day facts for kids you're gonna learn about labor day and what's

00:18neat is this isn't just for kids it's for anyone else who wants to learn about this really

00:23interesting holiday because you might be wondering why am i off school or why are so many people not

00:29working today what's the story what happened to make this such a special day you're about to learn

00:37and it's gonna be cool and you're gonna be like hey i know all about labor day

00:42now here's our first fact labor day is always on the first monday in september it's always on a monday

00:53this year it's going to be september 4th which of course is a monday so the first monday of

01:00september it's labor day which is a great time for a holiday i mean kids have off school they're able

01:07to go outside it's still nice and warm and so they get a little bit of break as they're starting out

01:12their school year it's a great time to have a holiday and to play and have fun

01:17let's look at a quick calendar of the month of september

01:23that's really cool i think at least i think i thought that was pretty cool

01:32um the calendar just you know popped up and everything

01:35so here's labor day okay it's the first monday of the month now this is a 2017 calendar

01:44which is the year that this video is being released which means that labor day this year

01:49is monday the fourth of course the first monday of september

01:54now a lot of people think that labor day is the end of summer i mean look most people have the day

02:04off it's still pretty warm it's kind of like the end of summer right it's kind of like summer's last

02:10stand you know right well no the end of summer is later on in the month on the 22nd it actually

02:20alternates between the 22nd and the 23rd so there's still a little bit of summer left to go

02:27after labor day labor day is not the end of summer it's got a very different purpose than that that

02:33we're going to talk about but the end of summer is later on in the month

02:37still some people call labor day the unofficial end of summer that's kind of a nickname that some

02:46people give it which is fine just as long as they know that it's not really the end of summer

02:51because you know summer's got a few weeks left after labor day

02:56well you might be wondering what is labor day all about if it's not about being the end of summer

03:05what is labor day all about what are we celebrating

03:08labor day celebrates the working men and women of our country and the freedoms that workers enjoy

03:16thanks to the american labor movement look at all the different types of workers and there are so many

03:22more labor day celebrates all of them the american labor movement began in the 1800s here's a picture

03:31of a glass factory in the 1800s now in many workplaces back then the conditions were not very safe the

03:39hours were incredibly long and the pay was not that great

03:43on the very first monday of september in 1882 the american labor movement held a parade in new york

03:55city and you can see some of the signs people are holding they wanted safer workplaces shorter hours

04:02and better pay the parade was a hit and across america there were states that said we think there should

04:11be a thing called labor day a day to celebrate the workers of america

04:19and what's amazing is only 12 years later in 1894 labor day became a federal holiday

04:28and do you know who made that possible

04:33president grover cleveland here's his picture

04:36what a cool guy he's the guy that made labor day an official federal holiday

04:44do you see his mustache hanging down oh this was quite the president this was quite the president

04:51president grover cleveland so when anyone asks you hey who was the president that made labor day an

04:59official federal holiday you'll say president grover cleveland and you'll say hey he had a big

05:06mustache too

05:10all right here's a drawing of president grover cleveland this is nice this is a nice drawing

05:15you know this is him this is president grover cleveland when anyone asks you which president

05:23was the president that gave us labor day president grover cleveland and then they'll say hey we had

05:30a president with the name grover and you'll say yeah president grover cleveland

05:38here's another drawing of president grover cleveland i know he might think this is a little too much grover

05:45but you may not have even known that this was one of our presidents president grover cleveland was the

05:51president that made labor day an official federal holiday okay this is him it's another artist rendition

05:59the other one the other one was probably better but this one's still good

06:05all right all right last one this is president grover cleveland and he was the president that made labor

06:13day an official federal holiday to celebrate american workers and he had a really good mustache

06:23to review labor day celebrates the working men and women of our country and the freedoms that workers

06:32enjoy thanks to the american labor movement rights like shorter work days safer workplaces and better pay

06:42on labor day we celebrate people like this lady

06:45and this guy

06:51and how about these two police officers

06:56you see labor day isn't about being the end of summer or anything else it's about the hard-working

07:02men and women who make our communities a better place so just do us a favor especially if you're

07:10watching this as a class please say thank you to your teacher who cares about you so much and works

07:16so hard every day to help you learn and anyone else that you know that's working hard around you

07:23just say thank you because when people work hard they need to be appreciated and we need to realize that

07:29they are making our communities and our homes a better place to be

07:33so that's why we are not going to be a good day

07:35hey we appreciate you watching this video sharing some labor day facts we appreciate you taking the

07:42time and be sure check out our other videos because we've got many many more because learning is awesome

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