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TheHistoryofLaborDay
"LaborDaydiffersineveryessentialfromtheotherholidaysoftheyearinanycountry,"saidSamuelGompers,founderandlongtimepresidentoftheAmericanFederationofLabor."Allotherholidaysareinamoreorlessdegreeconnectedwithconflictsandbattlesofman\'sprowessoverman,ofstrifeanddiscordforgreedandpower,...isdevotedtonoman,livingordead,tonosect,race,ornation."
LaborDay,thefirstMondayinSeptember,,prosperityandwell-beingofourcountry.
FounderofLaborDayMorethan100yearsafterthefirstLaborDayobservance,thereisstillsomedoubtastowhofirstproposedtheholidayforworkers.
,generalsecretaryoftheBrotherhoodofCarpentersandJoinersandaco-founderoftheAmericanFederationofLabor,wasfirstinsuggestingadaytohonorthose"whofromrudenaturehavedelvedandcarvedallthegrandeurwebehold."
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ButPeterMcGuire\',amachinist,notPeterMcGuire,,laterthesecretaryofLocal344oftheInternationalAssociationofMachinistsinPaterson,.,.
TheFirstLaborDayThefirstLaborDayholidaywascelebratedonTuesday,September5,1882,inNewYorkCity,,onSeptember5,l883.
Inl884thefirstMondayinSeptemberwasselectedastheholiday,asoriginallyproposed,andtheCentralLaborUnionurgedsimilarorganizationsinothercitiestofollowtheexampleofNewYorkandcelebratea"workingmen\'sholiday",andinl885LaborDaywascelebratedinmanyindustrialcentersofthecountry.
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,butthefirsttobecomelawwaspassedbyOregononFebruary2l,--Colorado,Massachusetts,NewJersey,andNewYork--,Nebraska,,23otherstateshadadoptedtheholidayinhonorofworkers,andonJune28ofthatyear,CongresspassedanactmakingthefirstMondayinSeptemberofeachyearalegalholidayintheDistrictofColumbiaandtheterritories.