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SUMMARY:Labor Day
DESCRIPTION:Church Office is closed / Observed on Monday, September 4, 2023\nThe church office will re-open Tuesday, September 5, 2023\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\nLabor Day is a federal holiday in the United States ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holiday_in_the_United_States ) celebrated on the first Monday in September to honor and recognize the American labor movement ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_history_of_the_United_States ) and the works and contributions of laborers ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workforce ) to the development and achievements of the United States ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States ). The three-day weekend ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_weekend ) it falls on is called Labor Day Weekend.\nBeginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union ) and labor movements ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_movement ) grew, trade unionists proposed that a day be set aside to celebrate labor. “Labor Day” was promoted by the Central Labor Union ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Labor_Union ) and the Knights of Labor ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Labor ), which organized the first parade in New York City ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City ). In 1887, Oregon ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon ) was the first state of the United States to make it an official public holiday ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holiday ). By the time it became an official federal holiday ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holiday ) in 1894, thirty states in the U.S. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state ) officially celebrated Labor Day.\n \nCanada’s Labour Day ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day_(Canada) ) is also celebrated on the first Monday of September. More than 80 other countries celebrate International Workers’ Day ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day ) on May 1, the ancient European holiday of May Day ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day ). May Day was chosen by the Second International ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_International ) of socialist ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist ) and communist ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist ) parties to commemorate the general labor strike ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_strike ) and events leading to the Haymarket affair ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair ), which occurred in Chicago ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago ) May 1 – May 4, 1886.\n
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