Week 36's Fact or Fiction

[Jangar]

Labor Day was created by England's Labour Party

[penelope]

welcome back

I say fiction

[dudette]

Me too (and welcome back, Jangar)

[sooibrand]

fiction - isnt is an american holiday?

[Jangar]

Thank you for the welcome backs

:thumbs:

It was formed to recognize the social and economic achievements of American workers. The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated in September 1882 in New York City. The holiday spread to other industrial centers over the next few years, and in June 1894 Congress passed an act recognizing Labor Day as a legal holiday.

Tickets to the Woodstock festival were $24 at the gate.

[penelope]

I guess fact :mmm:

[dudette]

Hippies, able to afford $24? :mmm: Ok, ok, I'll go with fact too

[Jangar]

:thumbs:

Advance tickets were $18 and daily tickets cost $8. Promoters of the 1969 three-day event expected 60 000 people, but attendance was closer to 400 000 music lovers, who crowded together on 600 acres of upstate New York farmland.

Modern neckties hark back to those originally worn by Roman orators.

[dudette]

I say fiction

[Jangar]

Finally I get to do a :cheer: :haha:

Roman orators wore soft lengths of cloth around the neck to keep their vocal chords warm and enhance their public speaking. In more recent times, King Louis XIV of France, leader of fashion, adopted the practice from a contingent of heroic Croatian soldiers he met. In fact, the name Louis used for this item, cravat, is derived from the French word for "Croatian".

Tiny Lund won the 1963 Daytona 500 without changing his tires.