{"id":100054,"date":"2026-09-05T05:26:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=100054"},"modified":"2026-09-05T05:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:26:49","slug":"happy-labor-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=100054","title":{"rendered":"Happy Labor Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Observed the first Monday in September, Labor Day is an annual celebration of the achievements of America\u2019s workers. The holiday is rooted in the late nineteenth century when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the contributions workers have made to America\u2019s strength, prosperity and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before it became a federal holiday, Labor Day was recognized initially by individual states. New York was the first state to introduce a bill recognizing Labor Day, but Oregon was the first to actually pass a law in 1887. During 1887, four more states \u2013 Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York \u2013 passed laws creating the holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 more states had adopted the holiday and Congress passed an act on June 28, 1894, making the first Monday in September of each year the legal holiday. For many, the three-day holiday weekend marks the unofficial end of summer as public schools and colleges return to class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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