The original proposition is a little ambiguous: One root goes to Canada, another one to a worker of the CLU. However, after the Pullman Strike in 1894 involved the death of many workers at hands of the U. S. military (amongst others), the Congress voted in union for a national holiday.
To conclude the history lesson: Why is the 1st May not honored? Back in 1886 a labor demonstration in favor of the eight-hours-week was bombed (to google: Haymarket affair). That's just been around the beginning of May, so there won't be any confusion with the memorial of the bombing and the Labor Day if a long weekend appears in September...
... in order to open the football season, of course! :-) If you might not be into football, many retailing stores will welcome you with open arms, since it's on of the greatest annual SALES-day (next to e. g. taken the Black Friday after Christmas). I really get the point of getting up at 2 am to do my Hollister shopping for half the usual prices...
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To sum up: I jaunted through the neighbourhood and spied out some nice places to go. Nevertheless, I just saw places, not people. Everybody seemed gone or caught by the TV and the Syria crisis which is 24h a day on the news. The former appears typical since a national flight is just like taking the train (which is even more complicated) and the latter... every detail is discussed, every feature, smile and movement in politics is analyzed. We just can hope that the well-considered, internationally appreciate steps are going to be made. Just briefly, the vicinity:
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