The First Labor Day: Pride, Chaos and Kegs

The First Labor Day: Pride, Chaos and Kegs

by | Sep 2, 2019 | DOL

On the morning of Sept. 5, 1882, a crowd of spectators filled the sidewalks of lower Manhattan near city hall and along Broadway. They had come early, well before the Labor Day parade marchers, to claim the best vantage points from which to view the first Labor Day...