What exactly are we celebrating on Labor Day?

Question

We all celebrate it. We go on little vacations, have barbecues and parties.

But what exactly are we celebrating on Labor Day and how did this celebration come to what it is today?

Answer 1

Its a day of for people that work & to appriciate them. Labor->Work

Answer 2

It's a day to honor the workforce of America by giving them the day off. But a awful lot of us have to work it nowadays so they can have Labor Day sales.

Answer 3

its a day to give people who work every day a break.

Answer 4

We celebrate the hardest-working people in the world.