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President Grover Cleveland signed into law the bill that made Labor Day an official national holiday in 1894.
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Grover Cleveland signed a bill to make labor day a federal holiday in 1894.
Grover Cleveland was the President that urged it be made a Federal Holiday. Labor Day was set as the first Monday of September by the Federal Government in 1894. Prior to that it was celebrated in 30 states, the first was Oregon, which declared it a holiday in 1887.
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That was signed by Grover Cleveland on the 28th of June 1894.
The first US observance of Labor Day came in the form of a parade. Sponsored by the Central Labor Union, On September 5th, 1882 ten thousand workers paraded through New York City. This is commonly considered the first observance of Labor Day in America.
Actually no president signed such a law. There was an attempt in 1968 to create a Presidents' Day federal holiday, but it was never passed by Congress. The actual name of the holiday most people think of as Presidents' Day is really Washington's Birthday.
President Grover Cleveland in 1894 http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=150
Labor Day is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. On June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland, long a foe of organized labor, but under voter pressure, signed a Labor Day holiday bill designating the first Monday in September for the holiday.
no. but they are closed Tuesday Feb 21 in observance of President's day.