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Field Notes: The purpose of Labor Day
WE WERE REMINDED, this week, of the true purpose of Labor Day—to pay tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers. While the rest of us were settling in for a quiet three-day weekend, our city’s street and water department crews were called to work early Saturday morning.
It was the perfect time for a city water line to break, and the corner of 5th and Main was the perfect…