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The first Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday September 5,1882 in New York City. over 100 years after the Labor Day observancestill there is still a doubt to who first preposed the holiday for workers.Records show that Peter J, MicGuire genral secrataryof carpenters,joiners,and a cofounder for the American Federation of labor,was first suggesting a day to honor those "who from horrible nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold". Peter MicGuire's place in the Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged Lots believe that Mathew Maguire a machinist, not Peter MicGuire, founded the holiday. Present day reseacher seems to support that Mathew Maguire founded Labor Day. Present day research seems to support the contention that Mathew Maugiar, later the secretary of 344 International Association in machinist Paterson N.J founded the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central labor Union of New York.
