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<p>Created page with &quot;LABOR DAY. Labor Day was established in Iowa at a meeting of the Iowa State Federation of Labor in the following resolution: Be it resolved by the tenth annua...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>LABOR DAY. Labor Day was established in Iowa at a meeting of the Iowa State Federation of Labor in the following resolution:<br /> <br /> Be it resolved by the tenth annual convention of the<br /> Iowa State Federation of Labor, That we observe the<br /> first Sunday of June as memorial day for the purpose<br /> of gathering together all our members in their res-<br /> pective localities and decorating the graves of our<br /> deceased brothers a sisters as a tribute to their<br /> memory; be it further <br /> <br /> Resolved, That our secretary is instructed to notify<br /> all local unions affiliated of the observance of this<br /> day in due time hereafter.<br /> <br /> The first Labor Day in Dubuque was therefore held on the first Sunday of June, 1903. <br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> Source:<br /> <br /> &quot;Will Honor Dead,&quot; &#039;&#039;Telegraph-Herald&#039;&#039;, February 3, 1903, p. 2<br /> <br /> [[Category: Events]]</div>

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