President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday in 1894.
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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 state was Oregon, which declared it a holiday in 1887.
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Why President Grover Cleveland declared national holiday labor day before the strike in Pullman's town?
Labor Day was declared a national holiday in 1894. It was first celebrated as a day of rest for workers and came after labor unions striked for shorter work hours.
Alabama was the last state to adopt Labor Day as a holiday. Oregon was the first to adopt the holiday in 1884 (some sources say 1887), but it wasn't declared a national holiday until 1894.
Labor Day is a holiday that is in September. Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday of September each year.
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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.
Some claim that Peter J. McGuire of the Brotherhood of Carpenters started Labor Day in 1882. It became a national holiday in 1894.
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