U.S. MISSION CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY

The U.S. Mission in Nepal will be closed on Monday, September 4, on the occasion of Labor Day in the United States.  The Embassy, USAID, and the Consular Section and American Center in the Yak & Yeti complex (west wing) comprise the Mission.

The annual Labor Day national holiday in America pays tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well being of the United States.

Labor unions and workers' rights leaders led the way for the creation of the first Labor Day in the United States on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City. In 1894, Congress declared Labor Day a national holiday.

The holiday marks the special contribution of the American worker. Labor Day speeches by leading union officials, industrialists, educators, clerics and government officials often receive wide coverage in American media.

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