They became sugarcane and hemp (henequen) cutters, toiling from sun-up till sundown in the dry and harsh tropical sun.
Traditionally the oldest person on base lowers the tattered flag on sundown and the youngest raises a new one on sun-up.
These lacrosse games lasted from sunup to sundown for two to three days straight.
The aircrews flew 2035 missions per day, sunup to sundown.
The companies often forced both to buy from company stores at inflated prices and work from sunup to sundown.
At the age of 12, he began working from sunup to sundown at a spool mill, which he continued to do until he was 16 years old.
