Is it me or has everyone started Labor Day weekend last weekend?  Try and get anything done this week has been next to impossible.  Everyone is on vacation!
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Happy Labor Day Buffalo!  According to Wikipedia:
Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September. The holiday originated in 1882 as the Central Labor Union (of New York City) sought to create “a day off for the working citizens”.
Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894.[1] All fifty states have made Labor Day a state holiday.
Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer.
Labor Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in the United States since the 1880s. The form for the celebration of Labor Day was outlined in the first proposal of the holiday—a street parade to exhibit to the public “the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations,” followed by a festival for the workers and their families. This became the pattern for Labor Day celebrations. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civil significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.
Labor Day weekend is a busy weekend here in Western New York, it is officially the end of summer and next week kids will be back in school. So if you are looking for something to do this weekend why not spend some time enjoying Western New York from Ellicottville to Lewiston an everywhere in between!
August 30-31, 2008 – National Buffalo Wing Festival
$5 per person/per day Children under 8 free
Highlights of this Family Friendly Festival include:
· 0.05k “running of the Chickensâ€
· Miss Buffalo Wing Contest
· Wing Eating Championship
· Blue Cheese Bowl Competition
