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Grandparents' Day

September, first Sunday after Labor Day

Grandparents' Day is a far more recent invention than Mother's Day or Father's Day. It was fostered by Marion McQuade, and a presidential proclamation on September 6, 1979, made it official. It is observed throughout the United States on the first Sunday after Labor Day, except in Massachusetts, where it is observed on the first Sunday in October.
There are a number of ways in which grandparents can be honored and their day celebrated. One is to invite real or "adopted" grandparents to school for the day, where they participate in their grandchildren's classes or special assembly programs. Gift giving is not as widespread on this day as it is on Mother's Day or Father's Day.
See also Babin Den

SOURCES:
AnnivHol-2000, p. 164
DictDays-1988, p. 50

Celebration days: Sep 11, 2011; Sep 9, 2012; Sep 8, 2013; Sep 14, 2014; Sep 13, 2015

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In 1975, President Jimmy Carter signed a proclamation submitted by the US Congress stating that the first Sunday after Labor Day be the National Grandparents Day.

Going Back to Your Roots Celebrating Grand Parents' Day by Timothy Spencer / Home improvement and landscaping community

The tradition of the National Grandparents Day was started by Marian McQuade, a housewife who lived in Flayette, West Virginia McQuade?

National Grandparents Day by Lily Morgan / Family and marriage community

National Grandparents Day, founded in 1978 and celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day, hasn't really taken hold, but innovative food marketers who decide to promote it might find themselves aligned with a lot of baby boomers as well as older go-go grandparents who are just delighted to buy, as well as get, special food gifts to help mark their special day.

Go-getter grandparents by The Shopper Report

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