photo #8572302

On the first Monday in September 1882, the first Labor Day parade was held at Union Square − which gets its name from being the meeting point of major thoroughfares. That first parade was such a success it caused more people across the U.S. to pay attention to workers' rights, historians say, and in 1894, President Grover Cleveland made Labor Day a national holiday.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/09/02/first-labor-day-parade-new-york-city/74997361007/