Peter J. McGuire co-founded the American Federation of Labor, led the fight for the 8-hour workday, and in 1882 proposed the idea of a national Labor Day. This bill would designate his memorial and gravesite in Pennsauken, New Jersey, as a National Commemorative Site — not a unit of the National Park System, but a recognized historic landmark. The Secretary of the Interior could enter into cooperative agreements for educational programs and provide technical and financial assistance to support the site.
Congressional Summary
Peter J. McGuire Labor Day Landmark ActThis bill designates the Peter J. McGuire Memorial and Peter J. McGuire Gravesite in Pennsauken, New Jersey, as the Peter J. McGuire Memorial National Commemorative Site.The Department of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements to provide the public with educational and interpretive facilities and programs concerning the commemorative site. Interior may also provide technical and financial assistance to any entity with which it has entered into such cooperative agreement.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-08-29
- Date Added
- 2026-04-09