What Labor Day Means to This Galesburg, Illinois Native
To most high school and college kids today, Labor Day is just one more day of the school year that they have off. But in reality, Labor Day is a very necessary and meaningful holiday in the United States. It is dedicated to the hard, social and economic work of Americans. To me, however, it's even more. It's somewhat of a day of traditions among my family. My grandfather has been a part of Local 25 (Plumbers and Pipefitters) for as long as I can remember. Each year, most of my family, along with most of the rest of the population of Galesburg, attends the Labor Day Parade. Not me, though. I almost never get to watch any of the parade, but I can't complain. I'm normally in it. It may not seem like much, but every year I get to throw candy for Local 25. It may not seem like much, but the smiles on the faces of the children who come to the parade with their families when they see us walking down the street is heartwarming. Each kid gets more and more excited as the multi...