Labor Day Contest

Question–When is Labor Day celebrated in other countries? Remember, submit your answer and it will be entered into a drawing for a copy of Mary Whyte’s Working South. When was the first Labor Day? (Information taken from Dictionary.com) The first Labor Day celebration took place in New York City on September 5, 1882. About 10,000 union workers marched in a parade to honor American workers,

August Contest

Last month’s winner was Madeleine Kaye, who answered the trivia question almost as soon as I posted it.  I learned a lesson from that!!  This contest is a bit more involved AND I will take answers for an entire day, up until midnight of August 2.  Then, I will take the names of all the people who answered correctly, put them in the proverbial hat,

4th of July Trivia Contest

Since there are very few Independence Day celebrations going on around our country this year, we are going to have a special Trivia Contest on the blog.  The first person to answer the following questions will get a free copy of a book, edited by Jon Meacham, which was released on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.  The name of the book is In the Hands of