FIFTH, AND IN CENTRAL IOWA, A LABOR DAY PARADE HELD TO CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME AWAY FROM WORK ON THIS HOLIDAY. PEOPLE LINING THE STREETS THERE IN MADRID, IOWA, TO SEE WHAT THIS PARADE HAS TO OFFER, ALONG WITH GETTING SOME CANDY. OF COURSE, FOR THE KIDS THERE, THE PARADE INCLUDED FIRE TRUCKS, PEOPLE RIDING IN THE BACK OF TRUCKS AND BOATS, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE MARCHING AS WELL. THIS TOWN OF JUST 2600 WILL OFTEN ADD 5 TO 10,000 PEOPLE FOR THE LABOR DAY CELEBRATION. SOME PEOPLE SAY THIS LABOR DAY EVENT HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS. LABOR DAY ACTUALLY STARTED BACK IN THE 60S. BACK THEN, IT WAS KIND OF A TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND AND, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST A CELEBRATION LIKE SLATER HAS, 4TH OF JULY, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO IT'S REALLY GROWN FROM THERE.