Sunday, September 4, 2011

The First Labor Day


Photo: Library of Congress. Labor Day Parade, Main Street, Buffalo, NY ca 1900



The first Labor Day parade took place September 5, 1882. It was organized and executed by New York Central Labor Union, an umbrella group representing many different unions.



Photo by Russell Lee, September 1940, Silverton, CO. Miners and their children at Labor Day Parade.

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