May Day and what it means

May 1 was traditionally considered the beginning of summer, with dancing around a May Pole, feasting, drinking, and the crowning of a May queen.  

May Day was also declared to be International Workers’ Day by the 2nd Internationale, a gathering of communists, socialists, and anarchists in 1889.  Some radicals still fly a red flag on May Day.

As one word said three times, it has also been a distress signal since the 1920s.  

Have a nice May Day.