Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and running mate Sen. Tim Kaine will speak at a Labor Day celebration on Cleveland’s east side Monday afternoon.
The event at Luke Easter Park — on the corner of East 99th Street and Ramona Boulevard — is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. following the 11th Congressional District Community Caucus Labor Day Parade.
The annual Labor Day event was started 45 years ago by the late U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes, according to Advance Ohio, and serves as the traditional launch of the general election campaign season.
Stokes was the first black congressman elected in the state of Ohio, and his voter base was in the neighborhood.
U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat, now represents the district, which was redrawn after the 2010 census to include much of Akron.
Doors open for the Clinton/Kaine event at noon. Attendance is first come, first served.
The campaign said Clinton and Kaine will “celebrate the resilience and spirit of Clevelanders, Ohioans, and American workers.”