WHEN DID LABOR DAY BECOME A NATIONAL HOLIDAY
The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
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THINGS YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN There are many things you can participate in for labor day to show your appreciation. For institutes you can do all the chores in your house for the day so your parents can actually enjoy there day off. You can also make them a special dinner for them that will wow them away. Also you can participate in charities on Labor Day.
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