There is a still lively debate as to whether Peter McGuire or Matthew Maguire should be credited as the founder of Labor Day. What’s not in dispute is that on June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September of each year a national holiday.
The origin of our annual Labor Day holiday honoring working men and women was clearly rooted in America’s organized labor movement.
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