Grandparents Day, First Sunday After Labor Day, A Brief History

Grandparents Day, First Sunday After Labor Day, A Brief History

by Silicon Valley REALTOR Michelle Carr Crowe

Grandparents Day is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day annually. This holiday was initiated by a mother of 15 children, 43 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild named Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade of West Virginia. She and her husband were married for over 60 years.

Mrs. McQuade, who characterized herself as "just a housewife", began lobbying for a Grandparents Day back in 1970. By 1973, her state of West Virginia proclaimed a Grandparents Day. By 1979, the first presidential proclamation of Grandparents Day was made by Jimmy Carter in 1979. There are three purposes for National Grandparents Day:

.  To honor grandparents. 

.  To give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children's children. 

.  To help children become aware of the strength, information and guidance older people can offer

To anyone lucky enough to have living grandparents, honor, celebrate and spend time with your grandparents today on Grandparents Day.

Above image is of Grandpa Snow with the family including grandaughter Sonia Howe, great-grandson Anthony Johnson and his wife Johnah Mondragon, who at the time was pregnant with great-great-grandson Titan Johnson. Side image is of Marian McQuade, courtesy of Wikipedia.

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