Happy Labor Day 2015!

[Pat Young]

This is not just a day for barbecue, it is a day to to honer the dignity of work and the struggles for the rights of working people.

 

[donna]

Happy Labor Day to all.

 

[18thVirginia]

It is a good day to remember working people. Several branches of the family ran general stores. One great-great grandmother must have been a talented seamstress, as the store advertised tailoring at one point. She also sewed uniforms for Confederate units in Arkansas. I assume that the whole family worked in the various stores. One of our childhood neighbor families owned a small grocery store and the father always said, "Anyone who puts his feet under my table for dinner will work in the store." When his kids were old enough, they all did.

http://passionforthepast.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html

 

[Pat Young]

Happy Labor Day to all.

Thanks.

 

[chellers]

Wishing a Happy Labor Day to you and yours, Mr. Young!

 

[Pat Young]

It is a good day to remember working people. Several branches of the family ran general stores. One great-great grandmother must have been a talented seamstress, as the store advertised tailoring at one point. She also sewed uniforms for Confederate units in Arkansas. I assume that the whole family worked in the various stores. One of our childhood neighbor families owned a small grocery store and the father always said, "Anyone who puts his feet under my table for dinner will work in the store." When his kids were old enough, they all did.

Nice pic. Where?

 

[18thVirginia]

It's Charlton Park, Hastings, Michigan. Guess I'm so used to old photographs from the LOC or NARA that I forgot to source this one. I picked it up from Pinterest--which sometimes has links to original sources and just as often as in this case, not. However, I was able to find the original blog, which is from a woman reenactor and seems worthwhile.

http://passionforthepast.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html

 

[Pat Young]

It's Charlton Park, Hastings, Michigan. Guess I'm so used to old photographs from the LOC or NARA that I forgot to source this one. I picked it up from Pinterest--which sometimes has links to original sources and just as often as in this case, not. However, I was able to find the original blog, which is from a woman reenactor and seems worthwhile.

http://passionforthepast.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html

Thanks. The Civil War was a time when many women entered retail trades here in New York.

 

[18thVirginia]

There were lots of women seamstresses in New York who became politically active during the Civil War. Along with women from Philadelphia and elsewhere, they were speaking up for the women who were making the uniforms and tents for the military and struggling to get paid a living wage. Many of them in New York were German and Irish immigrant women.

The sent petitions and delegations to Washington, but none of them found much sympathy from Stanton.

 

[Pat Young]

There were lots of women seamstresses in New York who became politically active during the Civil War. Along with women from Philadelphia and elsewhere, they were speaking up for the women who were making the uniforms and tents for the military and struggling to get paid a living wage. Many of them in New York were German and Irish immigrant women.

The sent petitions and delegations to Washington, but none of them found much sympathy from Stanton.

I am going to be writing about the women workers of Troy NY who unionized during this era.

 

[18thVirginia]

Good! Looking forward to it.

 

[MRB1863]

The working people have been the backbone of many societies including ours. They are most times under-appreciated though. Many extremists and flash in the pan news stories take center stage from those who toil daily to keep our country strong. Time does not always change this scenario, as no technology will ever replace the desire and commitment to produce a job well done! Happy Labor Day to all who deserve the moniker!!

 

[Pat Young]

Good! Looking forward to it.

Thanks.