The United States marks its annual Labor Day holiday on Monday, which officially recognizes the country’s workers and also marks the unofficial end of summer.
The holiday marks the end of a three-day weekend that many use for the last of summer vacations when children begin a new school year and retail stores run special sales.
The Transportation Security Administration said it expected to screen 17 million people at the nation’s airports, an 8 percent increase over last year’s Labor Day traveler numbers. Those traveling by car over the holiday period are experiencing average gas prices that are more than 10 percent lower than the same time last year.
Parades in cities and towns across the United States on Monday will celebrate the official holiday, which has its roots in an 1882 parade in New York City that included a march by 10,000 workers.
The national holiday would not arrive until 1894, when President Grover Cleveland signed a law establishing Labor Day on the first Monday in September.
[Parte de la información de este informe proviene de The Associated Press]
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