Amalia's Story, Chapter Six
= Amalia Jacobucci
"Maybe I should get a life"
Rite of passage
Cape Cod Times, Sept 7, 2004
https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2004/09/07/rite-passage/50930969007/
FREDERICK MELO, STAFF WRITER
Annual Labor Day exodus proves calm
DENNIS - It was a sad sight at the Holiday Hill Miniature Golf course last night, where the last few holdouts of summer refused to admit their vacations were ending.
"We ate at a restaurant where we usually have to wait for a half-hour to an hour-and-a-half," said George Fliegelman, a retired paper wholesaler from Coventry, Conn., as his wife, granddaughter and her husband silently calculated strategy on the putting green.
"And tonight, we walked in and sat down. It's kind of sad to see a bit of a change, isn't it?"
The Labor Day holiday, observed on the first Monday in September, dates back more than 100 years and is meant to honor the social and economic achievements of American workers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
On Cape Cod, however, the day has traditionally signaled the departure of thousands of tourists - ...