Men's Divorce Law Blog » Parade http://www.mensdivorcelawblog.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:46:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The First-Ever Labor Day Parade http://www.mensdivorcelawblog.com/2009/the-first-ever-labor-day-parade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-first-ever-labor-day-parade http://www.mensdivorcelawblog.com/2009/the-first-ever-labor-day-parade/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:00:27 +0000 Men's Divorce Law Blog Administrator http://www.orlando-divorceblog.com/?p=586 The First-Ever labor day parade happened on September 1882 (on a Tuesday, actually); thousands of workers marched from Fifth Avenue to Union Square, where picnics, fireworks, and rallies were held, all in support of an 8-hour workday.

Beginning in 1894, the first Monday of September was designated “National Labor Day,” a date set by President Grover Cleveland.

Labor Day weekend didn’t always mean last chance for a summer beach vacation; an annual parade occurred in the city every year for decades, and thousands of New Yorkers marched or came out in support. The parade was cancelled several time in the 1980′s, then called off again in 2002 in honor of the victims of September 11th.

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