Labor Day is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers.
It is an annual celebration that is observed on the first Monday in September. The holiday is rooted in the late nineteenth century, when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the many contributions workers have made to America's strength, prosperity, and well-being.

The first Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday,
September 5, 1882 in New York City, in accordance
with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The second Labor Day holiday was a year later on
September 5, 1883.

By 1894, 23 more states had adopted the holiday, and on June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September of each year a national holiday.

Many Americans celebrate Labor Day with parades, picnics and parties - festivities very similar to those outlined by the first proposal for a holiday, which suggested that the day should be observed with -
a street parade to exhibit
"the strength and esprit de corps of the
trade and labor organizations"
of the community, followed by a festival for the
recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the
celebration of Labor Day.

American labor has raised the nation's standard
of living and contributed to the greatest production
the world has ever known and the labor movement
has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pays tribute on Labor Day to the creator
of so much of the nation's strength, freedom, and leadership - the American workers.

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