Battle Creek's first full-dress Labor Day parade was held Sept. 3, 1888, at Monument Square, about six years before Congress established the holiday. Historically speaking, it was George R. Lloyd of the national Knights of Labor, who introduced the resolution 1884 calling for the parade, a tradition that quickly spread nationwide. The Enquirer and News columnist Ross H. Coller wrote a brief history of the observance in Battle Creek for the Sept. 6, 1959, paper in which this photo was published.