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According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Web site, the first Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City. The idea of a “workingman’s holiday” caught on and grew in popularity as the labor organizations gathered steam, and by 1885, the holiday was recognized in many burgeoning cities across the United States. Over the next few years, individual states began to recognize the holiday, but it wasn’t until 1894 that Labor Day became offi (...)