Annual Labor Day Picnic

District 11 Alaska Republican Party

invites you to

its Annual

LABOR DAY PICNIC

Monday, Sept 4th

Terry Miller Memorial Park

Come join fellow North Pole residents celebrate Labor Day and meet candidates for local and state elections. Free food and refreshments will be provided. The picnic starts at 2:00 p.m. and will end at 5:00 p.m. Terry Miller Memorial Park is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Santa Claus Lane. Bring the whole family!!!

This year we are inviting all Republican Party District Chairs, their families, and their candidate to the picnic, so as to make it a boroughwide celebration of Labor Day.

Labor Day started with a celebration and parade in honor of the working class by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York. In 1884, the Knights held a large parade in New York City celebrating the working class. The parade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed a resolution to hold all future parades on the first Monday of September, designated as Labor Day.

In the late 1880's, labor organizations began to lobby state legislatures for recognition of Labor Day as an official state holiday. The first states to declare it a state holiday were Oregon, Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey in 1887. Then in 1894, Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an official national holiday.

Labor Day is over 100 years old. Over the years, it has evolved from a labor union celebration into an event signifying the end of summer.

For more information, contact Todd Larkin at 378-TODD or Rynnieva Moss at 488-6583.