Labor Day

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September, that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers.

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Famous quotes containing the words labor and/or day:

    “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalms, 90:10.

    The Book of Common Prayer (1662)

    “The first day of Christmas,
    My true love sent to me
    A partridge in a pear tree.”
    —Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 1–3)