Lakewood Labor Day: What's Open, Closed In 2018

LAKEWOOD, OH — With Labor Day approaching, it's a good time to look at what public institutions will be open and closed on Monday, September 3.

All Lakewood city departments and divisions will be closed Monday, in observation of the holiday. The Lakewood Municipal Court will also be shut down.

The Lakewood Public Library will be closed Sunday, September 2 and Monday, September 3. The Lakewood City School will also be closed.

Trash collection will be delayed one day for some Lakewood residents. Anyone who has their trash or recycling collected on Monday, should instead have their refuse ready for pick-up by 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

For the historians out there (or the plain curious), the first Labor Day holiday was Tuesday, September 5, 1882. New York's labor unions led the charge to have a holiday. The New York Tribune reported that, "The windows and roofs and even the lamp posts and awning frames were occupied by persons anxious to get a good view of the first parade in New York of workingmen of all trades united in one organization."

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