It's not a holiday without pie.

Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
Jane Austen

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
Jonathan Swift

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
Edgar Watson Howe

Anytime I've invited somewhere, I like to make a pie.
-There's nothing more American than pie.
-If you don't like chocolate, you probably like pie.
-If you're on a diet, pie has fruit in it.
-It's hot, and you can put ice cream or whipped cream or not on it.
-It's delicious.

And if your family doesn't have a secret recipe (and you didn't marry into a family of secret dessert recipes like me), the internet has some great ones. This recipe from the Food Network online is closest to the Campbell family recipe.

Happy Labor Day, everyone! Eat some pie!!