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Subject: Re: Haymarket amd Kemt State
Date: Sun, 4 May 2025 14:23:36 -0400
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On 2025-05-04 11:14 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> May 4th (May the Force be with you) is the anniversary of both Haymarket
> and Kent State. May 1, May Day, International Workers Day, actually
> commemorates the events that led up to trial of the Haymarket 8 in 1886.
> The rest of the world celebrates Labor Day commemorating this event in
> Chicago.
> 
> The Wikipedia articles says there are two alternate theories as to why
> the celebration of labor in the United States is the first Monday in
> September, both of which were suggested in 1882, before Haymarket.
> Making it a federal holiday happened after the Pullman strike in 1894,
> also in Chicago.
> 
> Kent State was 1970, in which multiple students and anti-war protestors
> were shot by the Ohio National Guard. 4 died, 9 wounded

Canada also celebrates Labour Day on the first Monday in September.

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Rhino