Labor Day

What is Labor Day?

Labor Day is charged a federal holiday celebrated every year in September Day on the first Monday. Was in the middle of the 19th century as a way that benefits American workers (similar proposed the First party, the party workers celebrated in most other countries) .

The first day of work in New York in 1882 at the suggestion of the head of New York's Labor Peter J. McGuire instead. According to the AFL-CIO, McGuire-founder of the Confraternity of the United carpenters who had to work part of the device eight-hour day-a resolution that workers carry out a "festive parade through the streets of the city", the first Monday in September. More than 30,000 protesters attended the event. "

It took a few years ago, since the first works Parade in New York with the idea of traction. The state of New York has yet to give any Labor Day an official holiday until 1888, the first state to pass a law, Labor Day was a holiday Oregon. The United States Congress made Labor Day a holiday in the 1894th

As Labor Day is celebrated today?
Parade festive work is part of the movement at the beginning of Labor Day and the Second World War are not very common in the modern celebrations of Labor Day. For most Americans, the holiday marks the unofficial end of summer. Most schools begin their fall session after Labor Day. Government offices, banks and most businesses closed for Labor Day.

As such, Labor Day is a popular time for holidays in the United States. Beach vacations are popular Labor Day because it as the last weekend of real summer. Many cities use the weekend three days to keep food or music festivals.