Download or read book Remarks of Governor Thomas H. Kean, Awards Ceremony, Wreath Placing, McGuire Memorial, Pennsauken, New Jersey, Friday, August 31, 1984 written by Thomas H. Kean and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governor Kean tells his listeners that Peter McGuire was known as the "Gentleman of Labor" and a carpenter who founded the Brotherhood of Carpenters. McGuire was one of the strongest foundations of the labor movement and its ideals. He is sometimes called the "The Forgotten Giant of American Labor" and he originated the idea of a national "Labor Day."