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SUMMARY:Labor Day
DESCRIPTION:Church Office is closed / Observed on Monday, September 7, 2026\nThe church office will re-open Tuesday, September 8, 2026\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 of socialist and communist parties to commemorate the general labor strike and events leading to the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago, May 1 –  May 4, 1886.\n
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