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Gunpla Knights- Come Build Gunpla With Us!

Niagara Hobby & Craft Mart
  • Saturday, October 29, 2016
  • 3:30pm 8:00pm

Gunpla Knights- Come Build Gunpla With Us!

Saturday, 29 October 2016

3:30 pm to 8:00 pm

We are a group of Gunpla (Gundham model kits) builders, based in Buffalo, New York. We meet monthly to build and discuss gunpla (snapping kits, Gundham markers and some hand painting). Please no rattle cans or air brushes. Builders and enthusiasts of all levels are welcome.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/GunplaKnights

Thank You Tom!

Niagara Hobby & Craft Mart

After nineteen (19) years- 31 May 1997, this evening's 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm shift is the last for our friend and assistant manager, Tom Michals.....

He was trained by our founder and has become our "go-to" guy for statistics about the store- he can always share what happened on such-and-such a date while he was working at Niagara Hobby & Craft Mart.

He has trained many associates during his time with us; and has become a mentor for those young and old....

As his life journey continues, we wish him well and hope that he will continue to visit us.... He has taught us much.

Labor Day- We're Closed. A Bit Of History.....

Niagara Hobby & Craft Mart

United States Department Of Labor
Washington, DC
5 September 2016

History of Labor Day

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

Labor Day Legislation

Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From these, a movement developed to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.

Founder of Labor Day

More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.

Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold."

But Peter McGuire's place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.