The first Labor Day parade in New York City in 1882 was organized with the help of the Jewelers Union of Newark Two, who provided musicians to initiate the event.

September 4, 2026 -- On September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade. (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American) https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-4-2026 http://www.memeorandum.com/260905/p15#a260905p15

September 4, 2026 On September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade. The parade almost didn’t happen: there was no band, and no one wanted to start marching without music. Once the Jewelers Union of Newark Two showed up with musicians, the rest of the marchers, eventually numbering between 10,000 and 20,000 men and women, fell in behind them to parade through lower Manhattan…. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-4-2026