Does St. Louis still celebrate May Day?

TO ANSWER THAT question, we must ask another: Which May Day—the violet crowns-and-maypole dancing one, or the workers-marching-through-the-town-square-with-red-flags one?

Let’s start with the flowery springtime festival. Those May flowers have deep roots, dating back to the ancient Celtic holiday of Beltane and the Romans’ Floralia. According to the National Museum of American His

tory, the United