Many Labor Day parades like Danville's aim to recognize the American labor movement. It also represented the chance for spectators to start or restart family traditions.

Labor Day 2024 USA: The holiday has its roots in the 19th-century labor movement, emerging during a time when American workers endured long hours, low pay, and unsafe working conditions.

Run with Carl, established in memory of Carl Schillig, a 15-year-old student who died after being hit by a car during a Civil War reenactment in 1994, has been a cherished Bettendorf and Pleasant ...

Broad Top City has been celebrating Labor Day with its annual homecoming celebration weekend for more than fifty years. The celebration includes the ‘World’s Fair’ at Broad Top City Park ...

Every year, as soon as the Fourth of July passes, I ruminate on the joy that accompanies family traditions. And not the formal family traditions passed down from generation to generation, but the ...

READ ALSO: Why Labor Day in the United States isn’t held in May. The labor movement started in the late 19th century and became an official federal holiday in 1894.

REPORTER CARLOS FLORES TAKES US THERE. ORGANIZERS SAY THIS IS THE LARGEST LABOR DAY PARADE IN THE COUNTRY AND BELIEVES IT’S A TESTAMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE WORK THEY DO ...

In Fairmount Park, the Taylor family, of Overbrook, continued their BBQ tradition that started in the 1950s. They have cookouts three times a year, including Labor Day.

Run with Carl, established in memory of Carl Schillig, a 15-year-old student who died after being hit by a car during a Civil War reenactment in 1994, has been a cherished Bettendorf and Pleasant ...