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Happy Labor Day! "The day
for which the toilers in past centuries looked forward, - Samuel Gompers (26 Jan 1850 - 13 Dec 1924) |
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Remember, the organized labor movement is
what brought you the weekend, the eight hour day,
pensions,
health insurance, workplace safety and retirement income security for ordinary
workers.
They supported
veterans benefits, the civil rights movement, public education and job
transition training.
Worth a mention,
don't you think?
- Frank Blechman ('65) of Northern VA
- 09/06/04
ABSOLUTELY! Thanks for raising the consciousness of us all, Frank!
I would recommend to you the
following three movies to find and watch (or re-watch) for your educational
benefit:
Harlan County, USA (1976) -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074605/
Silkwood (1983) -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086312/
Matewan (1987) -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093509/
- Carol Buckley Harty ('65) of NC - 09/08/04
America, the Beautiful
Lyrics by Katherine Lee Bates
Music by Samuel Ward
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!
O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!
O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!
"America, the Beautiful" midi courtesy of http://members.tripod.com/~Son_Struck/pmm.html - 09/05/04
"America, the Beautiful" lyrics courtesy of http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/americathebeautiful.html - 09/02/04
Labor Day clip art courtesy of http://webclipart.about.com/library/July/bllab1.htm - 08/30/04