Happy Labor Day - Do you know the history behind the holiday?

<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Happy Labor Day to everyone. But do you know what this holiday is all about? It truly is more than barbecue, picnicking and partying. Here is a bit of information about the history and where it started.</span><br /><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUTsVrX2mZQGYCweTpNAHLGes9NElXIDjleyA47LX9_I3LK1OftYNhvf51sCt0suLqnQaTz2MPmoh7-tTzCHVKFIpDVGGOBLt9IPlBPPjzOVDdYcBQPPBJ5B1xoN9JI73c8ccBmZWNwEP/s1600/laborday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUTsVrX2mZQGYCweTpNAHLGes9NElXIDjleyA47LX9_I3LK1OftYNhvf51sCt0suLqnQaTz2MPmoh7-tTzCHVKFIpDVGGOBLt9IPlBPPjzOVDdYcBQPPBJ5B1xoN9JI73c8ccBmZWNwEP/s200/laborday.jpg" /></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The first Labor Day in the <country-region w:st="on">United States</country-region> was observed on August 26, 1878, in <city w:st="on">Boston</city>, by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Labor_Union" title="Central Labor Union">Central Labor Union</a> of <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">New York</place></state>, the nation's first integrated major trade union. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It became a federal holiday in 1894, when, following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">the U.S. military</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marshals_Service" title="United States Marshals Service">U.S. Marshals</a> during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_Strike" title="Pullman Strike">Pullman Strike</a>, President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a> put reconciliation with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_movement" title="Labor movement">labor movement</a> as a top political priority. Fearing further conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> unanimously and signed into law a mere six days after the end of the strike. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The September date originally chosen by the CLU of NY and observed by many of the nation's trade unions for the past several years was selected rather than the more widespread <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day" title="International Workers' Day">International Workers' Day</a> because Cleveland was concerned that observance of the latter would stir up negative emotions linked to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair" title="Haymarket affair">Haymarket Affair</a>, which it had been observed to commemorate. All <country-region w:st="on">U.S.</country-region> states, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a>, and the territories have made it a statutory holiday.</span></div>

Happy Labor Day - Do you know the history behind the holiday?

Happy Labor Day to everyone. But do you know what this holiday is all about? It truly is more than barbecue, picnicking and partying. Here i...

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