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Alabama declared Christmas a legal holiday in 1836.
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Labor Day was set as the first Monday of September by the Federal Government in 1894. Prior to that it was celebrated in 30 states. The first state was Oregon, which declared it a holiday in 1887.
In the US that would be the state of Oregon, which declared it a holiday in 1887. Grover Cleveland was the President that urged it be made a Federal Holiday. Labor Day was set as the first Monday of September by the Federal Government in 1894. Prior to that it was already being celebrated in 30 states,
Alabama was the last state to adopt Labor Day as a holiday. Oregon was the first to adopt the holiday in 1884 (some sources say 1887), but it wasn't declared a national holiday until 1894.
Oklahoma declared Christmas a legal holiday in 1907. It was the last state in the United States to do so. Alabama was the first state to declare this day a legal holiday in 1836.
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Congress can only designate holidays for government offices and employees. The US does not have any "national days" as other countries do. Also, the government can't force any state to observe a particular holiday. There is only one religious holiday that is a federal holiday, Christmas. Some claim that it is because of the separation of church and state.
Warren declared that education was the most important focus of state and local government.