Editing May Day (section)

=== United States ===
[[File:National-Park-Seminary-May-Day-1907.jpg|thumb|right|May Day festivities at [[National Park Seminary]] in [[Maryland]], 1907]]
[[File:Longview Park.jpg|thumb|May Day festivities at [[Longview Park Conservatory and Gardens|Longview Park]] in [[Rock Island, Illinois]], c. 1907 – 1914]]
Early European settlers of the [[Americas]] brought their May Day traditions with them, and May Day is still celebrated in many parts of the United States, with customs that vary from region to region. In some parts of the United States, May baskets are made. These are small baskets usually filled with flowers or treats and left at someone's doorstep. The giver rings the bell and runs away.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weeks |first=Lincoln |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/04/30/402817821/a-forgotten-tradition-may-basket-day |title=A Forgotten Tradition: May Basket Day |date=30 April 2015 |access-date=1 May 2017 |publisher=NPR: History Department }}</ref><ref>Sheehy, Colleen J. (Ed., 1999). ''Theatre of Wonder: 25 Years in the Heart of the Beast''. Minneapolis: [[University of Minnesota Press]]. pp. 79–89.</ref>[[File:Central City Park, May Day, 1876 - DPLA - 1f2832f8c9ab99a837643abc11d97118.jpeg|thumb|1876 May Day celebration at Central City Park, Macon, Georgia]]
May Day celebrations were common at women's colleges and academic institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, a tradition that continues at [[Bryn Mawr College]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.brynmawr.edu/activities/traditions.shtml |title=Traditions |website=Bryn Mawr College |access-date=1 May 2017 |archive-date=4 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804101712/http://www.brynmawr.edu/activities/traditions.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Brenau University]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morrison |first=David |url=https://www.brenau.edu/news/may-day-reunion-weekend-festivities-draw-more-than-300-to-brenau-campus/ |title="May Day" reunion weekend festivities draw more than 300 to Brenau campus |date=13 April 2012 |access-date=1 May 2017 |publisher=Brenau University}}</ref> to this day.

In [[Minneapolis]], the May Day Parade and Festival is presented annually on the first Sunday in May, and draws around 50,000 people to [[Powderhorn Park (urban park)|Powderhorn Park]]. The festival was originated by [[In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre]] and is now decentralized and community-run.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://hobt.org/mayday/ |title=MayDay · In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre |work=In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre |access-date=8 May 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> On 1 May itself, local [[Morris dance|Morris Dance]] sides converge on an overlook of the Mississippi River at dawn, and then spend the remainder of the day dancing around the metro area.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/05/01/minnesota-sounds-and-voices-morris-dancers |title=Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Morris Dancers welcome spring in a centuries-old tradition |last=Olson |first=Dan |website=mprnews.org |date=May 2012 |access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref>

[[Morris dance]]rs in the US have continued the English custom of 'dancing the sun up' on May Day, dancing at sunrise to welcome in the sun and the summer season. In 2024, Morris dancers danced the sun up in Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin.<ref name=":0" />

'''Hawaii'''

In [[Hawaii]], May Day is also known as [[Lei (garland)|Lei]] Day, and it is normally set aside as a day to celebrate island culture in general and the [[culture of the Native Hawaiians]] in particular.<ref name="May Day is Lei Day">{{Cite web |url=http://www.flowerleis.com/info/may-day-is-lei-day/ |title=May Day is Lei Day |publisher=Flowerleis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629193412/http://www.flowerleis.com/info/may-day-is-lei-day/ |archive-date=29 June 2017 }}</ref> Invented by poet and local newspaper columnist [[Don Blanding]], the first Lei Day was celebrated on 1 May 1927 in [[Honolulu]]. Leonard "Red" and Ruth Hawk composed "[[May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii|May Day Is Lei Day in Hawai'i]]", the traditional holiday song.<ref name="A History of Lei Day">{{Cite web |url=http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/parks/programs/leiday/history.pdf |title=A History of Lei Day |publisher=City and Council of Honolulu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325202214/http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/parks/programs/leiday/history.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2009}}</ref>