May Day, or Beltane, is a Gaelic and Celtic festival dating back to the Middle Ages. The festival honors the start of summer, as spring is halfway over.

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May also brings with it a slew of events, holidays and celebrations, including a somber federal holiday, a day to honor mom and one particularly busy day: May 1 May 1, known as May Day ...

May Day, also called Beltane, is not formally acknowledged as a holiday in the U.S., but many choose to take part in events or celebrations.

May Day, celebrated by workers across the globe as International Labor Day, occurs on May 1 each year. Protesters used the labor holiday to decry what they view as attacks on the working class and ...

CHICAGO — From worker rights rallies to marches for social justice, activists around the globe kicked off May Day demonstrations on Thursday. In some countries, it’s a public holiday honoring ...

May 1 used to be a day for unions and workers to rally for better wages and safer conditions. In 2025, it’s a full-blown reckoning. Across the U.S., thousands are taking to the streets to ...

May Day has been celebrated in the U.S. since early in the 20th century, according to the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center and Veterans History Project.

May Day — or International Workers' Day — started in America. Here's the full history The holiday commemorates labor activists' decades-long struggle to establishing the eight-hour workday.

Depending on where you live, May Day is either an ancient European spring festival or a day of support for immigrants and workers’ rights. In most nations, May 1 is an official public holiday ...

May Day was never just a celebration, a rally, or a march. It was also a day for workers to show their power. And it can be again. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain during a “Fighting ...