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Old-Fashioned Labor Day Parade

on September 6, 2010 – 3:35 am

Labor Day, a United State federal holiday, was first celebrated in 1882. It is traditionally observed each year on the first Monday of September. This vintage film clip shows a turn-of-the-century Labor Day parade marching through bunting-draped streets, probably in the town of Leominster, Mass.

First, a decorated grandstand bearing the banner “Leominster heartily greets its guests” is seen, and then the camera pans to the street where the parade is to be photographed. The sidewalks are crowded with people, including many little girls in white or light-colored dresses.

People run back and forth across the street, and then the parade starts. Vintage automobiles decorated with flowers, flags, and ribbons pass in review. Next come period horse-drawn fire engines, followed by horse-drawn carts, carriages, and floats of assorted shapes and sizes.

 

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