Happy Grandparents' Day 2022: Best wishes, images, greetings & History

We observe National Grandparents Day on the first Sunday following Labor Day. The date falls on September 11 this year.

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Our grandparents are honored for a whole day just like mothers and fathers are.

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Children and grandparents share a special bond that has been shown to increase children's emotional stability and lengthen the lives of grandparents

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Grandparents Day is a chance to cherish that bond and spend more quality time as a family.

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Russell Capper, then nine years old, wrote President Nixon in 1969, urging him to designate a day to honor grandparents.

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Rose Mary Woods, President Nixon's personal secretary, replied to him in a letter dated June 12, 1969, with the following

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"Dear Russell, Thank you for your letter to President Nixon. We appreciate your concept for a Grandparents Day

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but typically the President only proclaims days as special occasions to observe when given permission to do so by a Congressional resolution.

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After writing this letter, Marian McQuade received national recognition for founding National Grandparents Day from the U.S.

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