Socialist and Communist groups meeting in Paris a few years later chose to remember the Haymarket Affair by making the date the protests began, May 1, a labor holiday. But some U.S. politicians feared following suit.

The country eventually followed the lead of a handful of states and Canada, which had been observing a holiday for workers in September since the early 1880s.

In 1894, the U.S. made Labor Day a national holiday, to be celebrated each year on the first Monday in September.

That’s it for this briefing. See you next time. — Chris

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