The Best Resources For Learning About May Day

If this does not cover all the May Day iterations and variants, from Maypoles to marches, nothing will.... just add graphic and serve. No tourists in wicker cages this year, no revolution either. Decorating horses? Couldn't say. I'm adding the source of this image, from Palimpsest, where National Trust employee Ben Cowall blogs about heritage, history and landscape,

Though May Day is an ancient celebration, since the late nineteenth century it has primarily been recognized as a time to celebrate workers’ rights. Here are my choices for The Best Resources For Learning About May Day:

• May Day is not about maypoles: the history of international workers’ day is from The Guardian.
• Learn English reviews other reasons for the holiday.
• Here’s a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal highlighting protests on May Day, 2012.
• May Day Around The World is an interactive from The Guardian.
• The Beltane Fire Festival – May Day Exercises and Worksheets is from ESL Courses.
• May Day 2011 is a photo gallery from The Boston Globe.
• May Day protests is a slideshow from The L.A. Times.
• The Sacramento Bee also has a slideshow.

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The Best Resources For Learning About May Day