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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		The Labor Day Parade That United Rhinelander Workers in 1909
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:39
	Publish Date:		2019-08-28 05:00:00
	Description:		In anticipation of the upcoming Labor Day weekend, we’re remembering a Labor Day celebration that took place in Rhinelander in the early 1900’s today. Gary Entz has the story for this week’s A Northwoods Moment in History. Another Labor Day is almost here, and many visitors and residents alike will be spending the holiday by enjoying all that the Northwoods has to offer. But Labor Day is about more than simply time off to enjoy one last, long summer weekend. Labor Day is a celebration of the American worker, and it was established specifically, as the initial proposal stated, to celebrate “the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations” In Rhinelander labor organizations took this charge seriously. For example, the Labor Day celebration of 1909 was arranged by select committees of the various labor and trade unions throughout the Northwoods region. Labor solidarity was paramount in the eyes of the working-class back then, and in 1909 the Labor Day celebration was
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