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DavidE - 4-30-2013 at 03:22 PM

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Ken Cooke - 4-30-2013 at 04:58 PM

Yah, Well Sure, It's May Day

Gypsy Jan - 4-30-2013 at 05:18 PM

Unlike the Cold War paranoia in the U.S. that eliminated the celebration, other countries still observe the end of winter with festivals.

Are you going to dance around the Maypole?

Ken Cooke - 4-30-2013 at 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
Are you going to dance around the Maypole?


If this guy was playing music, I would dance around a hubcap!:yes:

If He Was Playing

Gypsy Jan - 4-30-2013 at 06:02 PM

At a location next to me, I would be dancing, too.

Great music!

Thanks, GJ

durrelllrobert - 4-30-2013 at 07:14 PM

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Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
Unlike the Cold War paranoia in the U.S. that eliminated the celebration, other countries still observe the end of winter with festivals.


It's, also celebrating International Workers Day which is what they celebrate in Mexico and used to celebrate in the old USSR:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"International Workers' Day (also known as May Day) is a celebration of the international labour movement. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries and celebrated unofficially in many other countries."

Even though Labor Day is celebrated as a national holiday on the first Monday of September in the US many cities and still also celebrate the original date of May 1st:

"In the United States, efforts to officially switch Labor Day back to the international date of May 1 have not been successful. In 1921, following the Russian Revolution of 1917, May 1 was promoted as "Americanization Day" by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and other groups in opposition to communism. It became an annual event, sometimes featuring large rallies. In 1949, Americanization Day was renamed to Loyalty Day. In 1958, the U.S. Congress declared Loyalty Day, the U.S. recognition of May 1, a national holiday; that same year, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1 Law Day as well. Today this holiday, while still on the books, is not widely celebrated.

Unions and union locals in the United States — especially in urban areas with strong support for organized labor — have maintained a connection with labor traditions through their own unofficial observances on May 1. Some of the largest examples of this occurred during the Great Depression of the 1930s, when hundreds of thousands of workers marched in May Day parades in New York's Union Square. Groups have kept the May Day tradition alive with rallies and demonstrations in such cities as New York, Chicago and Seattle, often with major union backing."

[Edited on 5-1-2013 by durrelllrobert]

DavidE - 5-1-2013 at 11:09 AM

And to think a legally re-elected democratic government in Venezuela is treated worse by the State Department than the horrors of Zaire, Uganda, and nations observing Sharia law. This does not speak well of the level of intelligence of people who have misguided sensibilities.