• CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net
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    11 days ago

    Grover Cleveland made it an official national holiday in 1894 after the Pullman strikes. He selected the September date to put distance between the socialist May Day protests and the concessions he was making to the Labor movement.

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      11 days ago

      Thanks for the info!

      Also lol there can’t even be a hint of communism, can there.