The Impact of Railroad Expansion. The steel highway improved the lives of millions of city dwellers. By the 1890s, the United States was becoming an urban nation, and railroads supplied cities and towns with food, fuel, building materials, and access to markets.The simple presence of railroads could bring a city economic prosperity.elegraphy and railroading had been inseparable since the beginning, and virtually everywhere there was a railroad, there was a telegraph wire. In 1893, the United States celebrated the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World with a spectacular fair in Chicago.
Tyson Plant Drops Labor Day for Muslim Holiday. SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. â Workers at a Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Tennessee have opted to trade a paid Labor Day holiday for the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Fitr.
How Hanukkah is Celebrated Today. Over 2,000 years ago the Jewish people fought against an enemy who would not allow them to practice their religious traditions. Their enemy destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem which contained many holy objects including a sacred lamp called the menorah.t is an eight-day holiday that will be celebrated this year starting at sundown on December 7th, 2004. The first night usually includes a big family dinner with foods such as potato latkes, beef brisket, and jelly doughnuts.