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<blockquote data-quote="PT Stewie" data-source="post: 765053" data-attributes="member: 12889"><p><img src="http://www.keltaskavern.com/images/mcguire.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[SIZE=-2]Statue of Peter J. McGuire in Arlington Cemetery.[/SIZE]</span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Peter J. McGuire</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">1852-1906</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[SIZE=-1]Peter J. McGuire was a founder of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and was First Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor. He is credited with proposing the first Labor Day celebration, which was held in New York in 1882. It became a national holiday in 1894, when Grover Cleveland signed it into law.[/SIZE]</span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[SIZE=-1]McGuire's birthplace has been listed as Dublin, Philadelphia, or New York, depending on which source you read. His final days were spent in Camden, NJ, and [/SIZE]</span></p><p> </p><p>Happy up-coming Labor Day to all UPS Teamsters. Above please find pic of Peter J Maguire Memorial founder of Labor Day in Arlington Cemetary Pennsauken NJ.Stewie worked there for 3 year's summers during high school. The last week of the summer we had to make sure the grounds around the memorial were perfect for the yearly ceremony. We were non-union grounds keepers and grave diggers of course. LOL</p><p> He was an Irishman of course !!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PT Stewie, post: 765053, member: 12889"] [IMG]http://www.keltaskavern.com/images/mcguire.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=-2]Statue of Peter J. McGuire in Arlington Cemetery.[/SIZE][/FONT][B][FONT=Verdana]Peter J. McGuire[/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana]1852-1906[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=-1]Peter J. McGuire was a founder of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and was First Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor. He is credited with proposing the first Labor Day celebration, which was held in New York in 1882. It became a national holiday in 1894, when Grover Cleveland signed it into law.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=-1]McGuire's birthplace has been listed as Dublin, Philadelphia, or New York, depending on which source you read. His final days were spent in Camden, NJ, and [/SIZE][/FONT] Happy up-coming Labor Day to all UPS Teamsters. Above please find pic of Peter J Maguire Memorial founder of Labor Day in Arlington Cemetary Pennsauken NJ.Stewie worked there for 3 year's summers during high school. The last week of the summer we had to make sure the grounds around the memorial were perfect for the yearly ceremony. We were non-union grounds keepers and grave diggers of course. LOL He was an Irishman of course !!! [/QUOTE]
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