Did you ever wonder how they decided certain events in the past would mark the beginning of a new season? Here in the United States, the end of summer is marked by Labor Day Weekend. It was first celebrated in the late 1900s. Officially it is the first Monday in September. Unlike other days with a patriotic feel, such as Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, the holiday celebrates the largest class of people in our country, workers.
It would seem the end of summer would be a good time to have a holiday. It would give everyone one last chance to enjoy our summer weather. Labor Day always made sense to me because it was the end of school vacation, and the weather would turn cold quickly after Labor Day. It would be Halloween before I knew it.
With the effects of Global Warming, the first cool weather is almost a month or more later. No longer does the first Monday in September feel like a change of season. Who should we blame for that? Ourselves!
