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Article: Monuments honor Western Pennsylvania's industrial roots
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- September 6, 2009
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Labor Day, in honor of working people, is observed annually in
the United States on the first Monday in September.
The day was originally conceived in 1882 by Peter J. McGuire,
founder of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of New York. In
September 1882, workers staged the first Labor Day parade in New
York City. Organized labor then campaigned to make the day a
national holiday. In 1887, Oregon became the first state to make
Labor Day a legal holiday. And by 1889, President Grover Cleveland
signed a bill making Labor Day a legal holiday.
With a day honoring workers well underway, monuments to the same
soon followed. Having strong roots as workingman's town, Pittsburgh
has its fair ...