A little reason to celebrate
Labor Day
Federal holiday ยท The first Monday in September
Labor Day honors American workers with a federal holiday on the first Monday in September, often spent at parades, picnics and backyard grills.
National days on September 6, 2027
Also on September 6
On this day
- 1620: The Pilgrim Fathers sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.) Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)
- 1781: American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory. American Revolutionary War
- 1863: American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina. Confederate States of America
- 1992: A group of hunters at the Stampede trail near Healy, Alaska come across a male corpse in abandoned bus, later identified as Christopher McCandless. Healy, Alaska
- 2013: The first Minotaur V rocket is launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, carrying NASA's LADEE spacecraft. Minotaur V
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