May Day has origins stretching back to the Middle Ages and the holiday is one of four annual cross-quarter days in the pagan calendar, marking the midpoints between solstices and equinoxes.

May Day, or Beltane, is a Gaelic and Celtic festival dating back to the Middle Ages. The festival honors the start of summer, as spring is halfway over.

Depending on where you live, May Day is either an ancient European spring festival or a day of support for immigrants and workers’ rights. In most nations, May 1 is an official public holiday ...

Another tradition is the May Day basket. According to The Old Farmer's Almanac, this was popular back in the 19th and 20th centuries.First, people would fill paper baskets or cones with treats and ...

While May Day is marked as a spring celebration by many, it is also known as International Workers' Day, and is seen as a day to celebrate and promote advances for the working class.Many people ...

May Day was never just a celebration, a rally, or a march. It was also a day for workers to show their power. And it can be again. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain during a “Fighting ...

What springs to mind when you hear May Day? In the U.S. and abroad, the day has grown to encompass a spectrum of meanings. But the themes have remained the same: worker unity, suppression and rebirth.

May Day parades and marches were common in the early decades of the 20th century, in cities like Seattle and Tacoma, where there were a lot of unions. “In the state of Washington, ...

Why May Day Feels Different in 2025. May Day demonstrations aren’t new. But this year hits different. Organizers told NPR the scale of the movement is historic, with more than 1,000 events ...

Your May Day Bank Holiday questions answered. Men in traditional Bavarian clothes erect a maypole in Egmating, near Munich, Germany, May 1, 2011.

May Day— May 1— is a spring festival in many parts of the world. It is also International Workers' Day. So depending on your neighborhood, expect to see children dancing around a maypole.

Happy May Day, HollywoodLifers! The first day of May is a traditional holiday to celebrate the arrival of good weather and cheer, worldwide. Click through to learn five important facts about this u… ...