,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ab1 #bjai,mr4
 ,norcross introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to designate the ,peter ,j4    
,mc,guire ,memorial and ,peter ,j4      
,mc,guire ,gravesite located in         
,pennsauken1 ,new ,jersey1 as a         
,national ,historic ,landmark1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,peter ,j4     
,mc,guire ,labor ,day ,landmark ,act4   
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3  7#a7 ,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire   
joined the ,cabinet ,makers ,union of   
,new ,york in #ahgb and1 recognizing the
 need for one international union of    
wood workers1 called for and led a      
convention of carpenters and joiners in 
,chicago in #ahha that formed the       
,brotherhood of ,carpenters and ,joiners
 which became the ,united ,brotherhood  
of ,carpenters and ,joiners of ,america 

in #ahhh4  7#b7 ,the ,brotherhood of    
,carpenters and ,joiners elected        
,mc,guire its first general secretary   
and retained him in that position for   
twenty years4  7#c7 ,mc,guire was a     
leader in convincing skeptical1 locally 
minded union activists around the       
,united ,states that a national labor   
federation was not only necessary1 but  
also possible4  7#d7 ,mc,guire          
co-founded with ,samuel ,gompers the    
,federation of ,organized ,trades and   
,labor ,unions and1 in #ahhf1           
reorganized it into the ,american       
,federation of ,labor4  7#e7 ,mc,guire  
served variously as the ,american       
,federation of ,labor secretary and vice
 president between #ahhf and #aijj4     
7#f7 ,mc,guire successfully led the     
fight for the eight-hour day in #ahij4  
7#g7 ,in #ahhb1 ,mc,guire proposed that 
one day in the year be designated as    
,labor ,day1 a proposal that was adopted
 first by a number of ,states and then  
as the first ,monday in ,september by an

 ,act of ,congress in #ahid4  7#h7 ,upon
 ,mc,guire's death in #aijf1 the ,united
 ,brotherhood of ,carpenters and        
,joiners commissioned from ,m4,c4 ,lyons
 and ,sons1 ,camden1 and had installed a
 massive granite multistage headstone on
 ,mc,guire's gravesite in the ,arlington
 ,cemetery at #afbi ,cove ,road1        
,pennsauken1 ,new ,jersey1 inscribed    
with ,p4,j4 ,,mcguire1 ,,born ,,july #f1
 #aheb ,,died ,,feb4 #ah1 #aijf and     
,,founder ,,of ,u4,b4 ,,of ,c4  ,j4 ,,of
 ,a44  7#i7 ,beginning in #aijf1 each   
year labor leaders1 political leaders1  
families1 and working people gather at  
,mc,guire's gravesite on ,labor ,day to 
lay wreaths and deliver speeches in     
tribute to ,mc,guire and his great work4
  7#aj7 ,as the anniversary of          
,mc,guire's centennial birthday         
approached1 the organizations he had    
helped to found decided to install a new
 memorial a short distance from         
,mc,guire's gravesite1 consisting of a  
central statue of ,mc,guire embraced by 

a semi-circular colonnade of marble     
columns4  7#aa7 ,the ,peter ,j4         
,mc,guire ,memorial1 completed in #aieb1
 includes-- 7,a7 an outdoor sculpture of
 ,mc,guire1 made of ,cherokee ,georgia  
marble1 that shows him standing with his
 left arm against his chest and right   
arm1 elbow bent1 at his waist1 and      
dressed in a frock or mourning coat2    
7,b7 an inscription carved on front of  
the base of such sculpture that reads   
,,peter ,j4 ,,mcguire_/,,july #f1       
#aheb_/;,,february #ah1 #aijf2  7,c7 a  
free-standing curvilinear colonnade of  
six ,greek ,doric columns1 also made of 
,cherokee ,georgia marble2  7,d7 an     
inscription on entablature frieze of the
 colonnade that reads ,,in ,,memory ,,of
 ,,peter ,j4 ,,mcguire ,,founder ,,of   
,,ubc ,,and ,,father ,,of ,,labor ,,day2
 and  7,e7 an inscription on the base of
 the colonnade that reads ,,erected ,,by
 ,,united ,,brotherhood ,,of            
,,carpenters ,,and ,,joiners ,,of       
,,america #aieb4  7#ab7 ,several        

thousand people1 many of them ordinary  
union members1 attended the ,peter ,j4  
,mc,guire ,memorial dedication ceremony 
on ,august #i1 #aieb1 which featured as 
speakers--  7,a7 the president of the   
,new ,jersey ,federation of ,labor2     
7,b7 the mayors of ,camden and          
,pennsauken2  7,c7 ,general ,president  
,hutcheson of the ,united ,brotherhood  
of ,carpenters and ,joiners2  7,d7 the  
president of the ,american ,federation  
of ,labor1 ,william ,green2  7,e7 the   
secretary and treasurer of the ,american
 ,federation of ,labor1 ,george ,meany1 
who later attained national significance
 himself2 and  7,f7 the ,united ,states 
,secretary of ,labor1 ,maurice ,tobin4  
7#ac7 ,in #aief1 when a new postage     
stamp dedicated to ,american labor was  
issued on ,labor ,day1 ,president       
,dwight ,eisenhower held a special      
ceremony at the ,white ,house in which  
he met with the family and descendants  
of ,mc,guire4  7#ad7 ,in #bjjd1         
,mc,guire was admitted to the ,labor    

,hall of ,fame of the ,united ,states   
,department of ,labor1 which has since  
been renamed the ,hall of ,honor4  7#ae7
 ,the ,new ,jersey ,historic            
,preservation ,office has documented    
,mc,guire as a figure of transcendent   
national significance and importance in 
the labor history of the ,united        
,states4  7#af7 ,the landscape          
characteristics1 physical features1     
overall layout1 and visual appearance of
 the ,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire ,memorial and 
,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire ,gravesite reflect 
a high degree of overall integrity in   
terms of location1 design1 setting1     
materials1 and workmanship4  7#ag7 ,the 
sculptural representations of labor and 
union themes associated with ,mc,guire's
 career as an effective labor leader and
 organizer that embellish the ,peter ,j4
 ,mc,guire ,memorial and ,peter ,j4     
,mc,guire ,gravesite are intact and     
well-preserved4  7#ah7 ,national        
political and labor leaders have made   
annual pilgrimages to ,mc,guire's       

gravesite since #aijf and to the ,peter 
,j4 ,mc,guire ,memorial and ,peter ,j4  
,mc,guire ,gravesite every ,september on
 ,labor ,day or the ,friday before      
,labor ,day since #aieb4  7#ai7 ,unlike 
other known properties related to       
,mc,guire1 the ,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire     
,memorial and ,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire      
,gravesite are the only properties that 
retain both the necessary direct        
association with ,mc,guire as a person  
of national stature and the high level  
of integrity required for listing on the
 ,new ,jersey ,register of ,historic    
,places and ,national ,register of      
,historic ,places4  7#bj7 ,the ,peter   
,j4 ,mc,guire ,memorial and ,peter ,j4  
,mc,guire ,gravesite satisfy the        
criteria for graves of historical       
figures and properties that have        
achieved significance within the past   
#ej years under the following criteria  
consideration categories of the         
,national ,register of ,historic        
,places--  7,a7 category 7c71 a grave of

 a historical figure of outstanding     
importance as there is no appropriate   
site or building associated with        
,mc,guire's productive life2 and  7,b7  
category 7f71 a property primarily      
commemorative in intent if design1 age1 
tradition1 or symbolic value has        
invested it with its own exceptional    
significance4  7#ba7 ,in ,august #bjag1 
the ,new ,jersey ,state ,historic       
,preservation ,office certified that the
 ,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire ,memorial and     
,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire ,gravesite are     
eligible for listing on the ,new ,jersey
 ,register of ,historic ,places and     
,national ,register of ,historic        
,places4  7#bb7 ,on ,august #bb1 #bjah1 
the ,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire ,memorial and  
,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire ,gravesite were    
added to the ,new ,jersey ,register of  
,historic ,places and1 subsequently1 on 
,january #ag1 #bjai1 added to the       
,national ,register of ,historic        
,places4  #c4 ,designation of ,peter ,j4
 ,mc,guire ,memorial ,national ,historic

 ,landmark  7a7 ,designation ,the ,peter
 ,j4 ,mc,guire ,memorial and ,peter ,j4 
,mc,guire ,gravesite1 located in        
,pennsauken1 ,new ,jersey1 are hereby   
designated as the ,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire  
,memorial ,national ,historic ,landmark4
  7b7 ,administration ,the ,united      
,states shall not be responsible for the
 maintenance1 operation1 or             
administration of the ,peter ,j4        
,mc,guire ,memorial ,national ,historic 
,landmark4  7c7 ,cooperative agreements 
,the ,secretary may enter into          
cooperative agreements with appropriate 
public or private entities for providing
 educational and interpretive facilities
 and programs for the public regarding  
the ,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire ,memorial      
,national ,historic ,landmark4  7d7     
,technical and financial assistance ,the
 ,secretary may provide technical and   
financial assistance to any entity with 
which the ,secretary has entered into a 
cooperative agreement under subsection  
7c74  7e7 ,no effect on actions of      

property owners ,designation of the     
,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire ,memorial ,national
 ,historic ,landmark shall not prohibit 
any actions which may otherwise be taken
 by any property owners1 including the  
owners of the ,peter ,j4 ,mc,guire      
,memorial ,national ,historic ,landmark1
 with respect to their property4