United States · federal
The first Monday of September — for the people who do the work.
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The first Labor Day parade was held in New York City on 5 September 1882, organized by the Central Labor Union. It became a federal holiday in 1894. Most of the rest of the world marks labour on 1 May instead.
Almost everything a child touches in a day was made, moved, or maintained by somebody. The holiday is an invitation to notice that.
What a family can actually do
Walk through the house and count the jobs it took to make one ordinary room possible.
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