Today is Labor Day, first Monday of September. Wikipedia describes labor day as: “a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September in any given year (i.e. a single day from September 1 through September 7) to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States”.

In NPR News, Deepa Sivaram reminds us why Labor Day is celebrated and offers some trivia about the holiday that we probably didn’t know?

The very first Labor Day in the country was celebrated in 1882, and it became an official federal holiday in 1894. The holiday falls on the first Monday of September. The day typically celebrated with picnics and parades has more to it than that, though.

• It was celebrated in a few states first before it became a federal holiday.
• The first Labor Day celebration had a lot of beer.
• In the Department of Labor, women led first.
• The day off is great. But what exactly are we celebrating?

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