National Grandparents Day

The result of his work, nearly 35 years later, is national Grandparents Day, which we celebrate each September."

National Grandparents Day began in Canada in 1995.

Marian McQuade, 91, American founder of National Grandparents Day, heart failure.

The official flower of the U.S. National Grandparents Day is the forget-me-not which blooms in the spring.

National Grandparents Day Council official page (U.S.)

Marian McQuade (January 18, 1917 - September 26, 2008) was the founder of National Grandparents Day.

Earliest day on which National Grandparents Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September.

National Grandparents Day in the U.S. is the first Sunday after Labor Day, in September.

"A Song for Grandma and Grandpa" is the official song of the U.S. National Grandparents Day holiday.

American folk singer Pete Seeger stated, "Here's to Johnny Prill and his song for National Grandparents Day.

Marian McQuade, the founder of National Grandparents Day, lived in Richwood before moving to Oak Hill, West Virginia.

This holiday is similar to National Grandparents Day in the United States and Canada as well as Respect for the Aged Day in Japan.

Congress passed the legislation proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day and, on August 3, 1978, then-President Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation.

In 2008, Prill hosted his first free outdoor concert to celebrate Grandparents Day, which is celebrated annually on the U.S. National Grandparents Day holiday.

The National Grandparents Day Council presented Prill with the National Songwriter's Award in recognition of his highly popular composition "A Song for Grandma and Grandpa."

In 1989 the United States Postal Service issued a tenth anniversary commemorative envelope bearing the likeness of Marian McQuade in honor of National Grandparents Day.

President Jimmy Carter signed the first presidential proclamation in 1978 - and one has been issued each year since - designating the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day.

In September 1978 the White House called her to inform her that President Carter had signed a bill designating the Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day beginning in 1979.

United States Senator Debbie Stabenow told Prill: "It is wonderful that 'A Song for Grandma and Grandpa' was chosen as the official song of National Grandparents Day.

In February 1977, Senator Randolph, with the concurrence of many other senators, introduced a Joint Resolution to the Senate requesting the President to "issue annually a proclamation designating the first Sunday of September after Labor Day of each year as 'National Grandparents Day'."

Marian McQuade of Oak Hill, West Virginia, has been recognized nationally by the United States Senate - in particular by Senators Jennings Randolph; and Robert Byrd - and by President Jimmy Carter, as the founder of National Grandparents Day.