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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Bulletin Editorial staff / The Bulletin
September 4, 2006
In 1887, Oregon became the first state to establish its own Labor Day. Congress made the first Monday in September a national holiday a few years later in 1894.
The national holiday was created, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, to mark the social and economic accomplishments of....
