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* * Date: Sept 3, 2012 Source: US Census Link: http://1.usa.gov/N8qH17 Headline/Title: Labor Day 2012: Sept. 3 Summary: The first observance of Labor Day is believed to have been a parade of 10,000 workers on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, organized by Peter J. McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary. By 1893, more than half the states were observing “Labor Day” on one day or another, and Congress passed a bill to establish a federal holiday in 1894. President Grover Cleveland signed the bill soon afterward, designating the first Monday in September as Labor Day.

* **Author:* US Census

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