09/04/2026
Thank you, Lord, for the social and economic achievements of American workers. Congress passed the law on June 28, 1894 for a "general holiday for the laboring classes" to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold." (Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters) It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pays tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation's strength, freedom, and leadership – the American worker.