Today is Labor Day which means government offices, schools and banks are closed for the Monday holiday.  It also marks the unofficial end of the summer travel season.  In Grand Teton National Park, Lizard Creek Campground and the Flagg Ranch Information Station close for the season at the end of the day. Labor Day was first celebrated in the United States on September 5^th, 1882 in New York City.  It became a federal holiday in 1894 following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike.  Because of that event, President Grover Cleveland put reconciliation with the labor movement as a top political priority. Fearing further conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through Congress unanimously and signed into law six days after the end of the strike. Since that time, all 50 U.S. states observe Labor Day a state holiday.