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Grandparent's Day Ideas
Date: September 10
Besides parents, there are few people so
valued and valuable to our children as their grandparents. These are
the people who hold the keys to the family treasury of memories, as
well as the history and details of how life was when they were young.
For many older couples, the celebration
of Mother's and Father's Day were just in their infancy, when these
people had their children. But they are now enjoying something of the
same celebration, with the marking of Grandparent's Day, the first
Sunday after Labor Day in September.
The idea was initially proposed in the early 70s by Marion McQuade, an
"elder" activist and herself the grandmother of 40. Her suggestion was
met with widespread support, and in 1973, West Virginia became the
first state to honor the older generation. That same year, the United
States Senate made it a national holiday, however that does not mean
that it's a paid day off from work for most people, if any. The
federal government does not determine who must be given which holidays
off, with the exception of 11 specific days it marks for its own
employees.
So Grandparent's Day is mainly a local and familial event, a time when
families gather to honor and share the day and their loved ones with
each other.
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