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A little history? The reason why Labor Day is The first Monday in September. May 4, 1886 was the date of the notorious Haymarket Riots here in Chicago. Seven cops and four demonstrators were killed. There was a push for the date celebrating the labor movement in this country to be May 1. But President Grover Cleveland decided that date would possibly end up being a yearly source of disruptions by unionists. So by Presidential order, Labor Day was to be the first Monday in September.
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