The Definitive Treaty of Peace between the United Sates and Great Britain, dated Sept. 3, 1783, also know as the Treaty of Paris, is seen during a media preview, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at the National Archives in Washington.
On Sept. 3, 1783, representatives of the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized U.S. sovereignty.
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In 1861, during the Civil War, Confederate forces invaded the border state of Kentucky, which had declared its neutrality in the conflict.
One of the largest armies of unemployed men parade in Washington on bike, wagons and on foot, on the first Labor Day observance, Sept. 3, 1894. Shown are Jacob S. Coxey’s “Army of the Commonweal of Christ,” with Coxey in the buggy at right, wearing light suit. (AP Photo)
In 1894, the United States celebrated the first federal Labor Day holiday.
