Labor Day weekend

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Labor Day weekend will certainly please those who want to spend time on the road or enjoying time outdoors during the three days of rest from work.Hard times can not keep the American instinct to throw a good party. Despite their thin wallets, millions of Americans spend big this weekend on an adventure last summer - as a great road trip or a Labor Day barbecue.

The drive on weekends to increase by 10%, with 91% of travelers, or 31.4 million people, driving to their destinations. Last year, 28.5 million passengers by motor vehicle. The leisure group travel and attributed the increase in holiday travel to improve economic conditions.

If you want to avoid the hassles of traffic jams, you can try off-peak, in the afternoon, as soon as Saturday morning instead of Friday. But the best strategy might be to choose a new destination is less known.

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What is Labor Day History?

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed the first Monday of September.The first Labor Day in America was held on September 5, 1882 in New York.It became a federal holiday in 1894 when, after the death of a number of workers in the hands of the U.S. Army and U.S. marshals to the Pullman strike, President Grover Cleveland reconciliation with the union movement as a political priority.Fears of renewed conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was taken unanimously by Congress and signed only six days after the end of the strike.September date was chosen as Cleveland was worried that the harmonization of U.S. labor Day with International May Day holiday in the current situation  arouse negative emotions associated with the Haymarket Affair.All 50 U.S. states have made Labor Day holiday

Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of summer. This festival is often considered a day of rest and holidays. Speeches or political demonstrations are more discreet.