Happy Cesar Chavez Day!

**theworm**[$] · #1 03-30-2007, 09:37 PM

My friends in CA got the day off. I was jealous, so today I brought in Mardi Gras beads for a festive Cesar Chavez Day!

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César Estrada Chávez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was a Mexican American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers. His work led to numerous improvements for union workers. He is considered a hero for farm laborers. He is hailed as one of the greatest American civil rights leaders alongside of Martin Luther King, Jr.. His birthday on March 31 has subsequently become a holiday in four U.S. states, and many parks, cultural centers, libraries, schools, and streets have been named in his honor in several cities across the United States.

**hadassahchana**[$] · #2 03-30-2007, 10:50 PM

Oh dear - I shouldn't laugh, but I had grapes for lunch today. Whole Foods had a huge display of grapes with a serape draped over the basket of them.

And yes, he really was a great guy, IMO.

Vince · #3 03-31-2007, 01:51 AM

**mtomm**[$] · #4 03-31-2007, 02:37 AM

In July you can celebrate Pioneer Day with me. I get that day off. I'll be at the parade in the morning but the afternoons are always open before the rodeo.

(Okay, the truth is I don't really go to the rodeo.)

What odd holidays do you celebrate that are as obscure as Cesar Chavez day and Pioneer day? I'm thinking if a person worked it right most of the year could be spent in celebration!

**theworm**[$] · #5 03-31-2007, 11:48 AM

Never heard of Pioneer day! It's a state holiday?

I work with a lot of people from S. America. Yesterday they heard Chavez and went nuts. I had to explain that it wasn't bad Venezulan Chavez - it was Cesar - the good Mexican Chavez!

**mjfrombuffalo**[$] · #6 03-31-2007, 11:56 AM

Obscure Holiday: Brooklyn/Queens Day in NYC. Schools close, parades, etc. For some reason, there's no Bronx Day or Staten Island Day or Manhattan Day - or if there are, I never heard of them. And it seems like just about every weekend there's a parade somewhere in NYC for some little-known holiday or celebrating some ethnic group (like the West Indian Day Parade).

brian_igo · #7 04-03-2007, 10:09 AM

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mjfrombuffalo said

For some reason, there's no Bronx Day or Staten Island Day or Manhattan Day - or if there are, I never heard of them.

I know some New Yorkers who would say that every day is Manhattan Day.

**hadassahchana**[$] · #8 04-03-2007, 11:36 AM