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How Labor Day Was Celebrated When Unions Were on the Rise
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Sept. 4, 2015 | HISTORY IN PICTURES | time.com Like many national holidays, Labor Day has taken on many connotations – the unofficial end of summer, the last acceptable day of the year to wear white pants — that are far from its original meaning. When the first nationally recognized Labor Day was celebrated in 1894, the day consisted of a street parade sending up a message of "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations," in the words of the official magazine of the American Federation of Labor, followed by a festival for workers and their families. Continued…
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