Is this New Jersey Machinist the Father of Labor Day?

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When I was a kid, I always knew Labor Day meant one more break before school really kicked in.

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SO.... Is this New Jersey Machinist the Father of Labor Day?

Matthew Maguire of Paterson, New Jersey, [1855-1917], was not only a man to be reckoned with in the beginning days of the American labor union movement, but was very probably the man behind the creation of Labor Day.

The first Labor Day Parade was held in New York City on September 5, 1882, under the aegis of the Central Labor Union. (The first parade was on a Tuesday, not a Monday.) Matthew Maguire sent out the invitations and according to his grandson Matthew Feeney, Maguire and his wife rode in the first carriage at the head of the parade. The Maguires shared the carriage with Henry Ward Beecher, the famous social reformer, abolitionist preacher and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the anti-slavery book Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

The number of people who marched in this parade (and went to a picnic afterward), is unclear. Different sources give different numbers, but it seems the parade was at least 10,000 strong and could have had as many as 25,000 participants. Even 10,000 people is an enormous number for that time, when they didn’t have today’s instant communication…no broadcast emails in 1882! And Labor Day was not yet a holiday, so many of those attending gave up a day’s pay to participate.

Mr. Maguire clearly knew the value of hard work and pushed hard for worker benefits and shorter work weeks.

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