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Labor Day
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or In the United States, a legal holiday in nearly all of the states and Territories, where the first Monday in September is observed by parades and meetings of labour organizations. In 1882 the Knights of Labor paraded in New York City on this day; in 1884 another parade was held, and it was decided that this day should be set apart for this purpose. In 1887 Colorado made the first Monday in September a legal holiday; and in 1909 Labor Day was observed as a holiday throughout the United States, except in Arizona and North Dakota; in Louisiana it is a holiday only in New Orleans (Orleans parish), and in Maryland, Wyoming and New Mexico it is not established as a holiday by statute, but in each may be proclaimed as such in any year by the governor.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Labor Day'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/labor-day.html. 1910.
