America was built thanks to the labor and contributions of hard workers of this nation. Labor Day, observed on the first Monday of September, commemorates this hard work which has played a huge role in America’s development and strength.
The first celebration of Labor Day occurred on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 in New York City and was planned by the Central Labor Union. The second Labor Day was observed a year later, again on the 5th of September. Over the next ten years, twenty-three more states adopted the holiday. It would not be until President Grover Cleveland signed a law on June 28, 1894 that made the first Monday of September of each year Labor Day a national holiday.
Today, Labor Day is observed by Americans in all fifty states! Some ways people like to commemorate this day is with parades to demonstrate “the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations” within the local community. It is thanks to American labor that this nation’s standard of living has increased over the many decades since its inception! ■
Source: US Department of Labor
