State fair ends 2008 run with annual Labor Day parade

GEDDES - Being Labor Day, it seemed only fitting that as the 11 o'clock bell rang across the New York State Fairgrounds, a massive parade began its route through the fair, paying homage to the laborers of central New York.

The Labor Day Labor Parade gathered together nearly 12,000 participants from Syracuse and the surrounding area, representing numerous labor unions from the Teamsters to CSEA to SEIU.

It is a tradition that extends back as far as anyone currently involved can remember.