Did you watch our Labor Day 2020: Worst One In Our History? video? If not, please take a few minutes to watch it before you continue reading.

After you watched the video, did you do the searching I asked you to do? If you did, let’s see if you found the correct answers.

Question #1 – When did Labor Day actually start?

Answer #1 – According to the US Department of Labor, “The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City…”

Question #2 – What President made Labor Day a Federal holiday?

Answer #2 – Again, according to the US Department of Labor, “on June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September of each year a national holiday.”

Question #3 – Who was the President in 1918 who ignored the Spanish Flu pandemic?

Answer #3 – President Woodrow Wilson, according to author Tevi Troy (as reported in Time magazine) “Hundreds of thousands of Americans died without President Wilson saying anything…”

Question #4 – Who was the President in 1929?

Answer #4 – The year started out with President Calvin Coolidge but on March 4, 1929, Herbert Hoover became the President. It was Hoover in the White House when the market crash began in September of that year.

If you had trouble finding these answers, here are some links to help:

https://www.dol.gov/general/laborday/history

https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/flu-pandemic-1918

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic

https://time.com/5877129/1918-pandemic-white-house/

https://www.answers.com/Q/Who_was_the_President_of_the_United_States_in_1929