\x34Historically Yours\x34 by Liz Davis is a blog about American historical trivia--anything American since 1492.
June 28, 1894
Labor Day becomes legal holiday
By 1894, 31 states had adopted Labor Day as a holiday. On June 28, 1894, an act was passed by Congress that made the first Monday in September a legal holiday.
http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm
