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The First Labor Day Parade

New York City’s Manhattan Island was the site of the nation’s first Labor Day parade on September 5, 1882.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Historical woodcut print courtesy of the Library of Congress. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published September 1, 2025
Data acquired August 22, 2025

Sources:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Photograph