Labor Day celebrates American workers with picnics, parades and patriotic decorations. Past parade spectators may have carried flags like these. KOVELS.COM
The first Labor Day was celebrated on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City with a parade by trade union members, followed by an enormous outdoor party with speeches and picnics. President Grover Cleveland signed the holiday into national law in 1884, and Labor Day parades have been held throughout the United States since then. And, what’s a parade without flags to wave?
