It is not a public holiday on National Grandparents Day. It occurs on September 11, 2022, a Sunday, and most businesses in the US Open as usual on that day. The first Sunday following Labor Day is Grandparents Day, a recognized national holiday that was established by President Johnson on August 3, 1978.
We also have a whole day set out for our grandparents, just as on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Children that spend time with their grandparents tend to live longer and are more emotionally stable as a result of this special relationship. Grandparents Day provides an opportunity to cherish that bond and spend time as a family. On this day, grandparents and their grandkids are honored for their special relationship.
According to the statute, the goal of the holiday is “to commemorate grandparents, to provide grandparents with an opportunity to demonstrate love for their children’s children, and to assist children in realizing the support, wisdom, and direction that older people can provide.”
Who Was the Inventor of National Grandparents Day?
In 1970, a West Virginia homemaker named Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade started the movement to designate a special day for grandparents.
Marian McQuade observed how many nursing home residents appeared to be forgotten in 1956 while working to plan a neighborhood celebration for seniors over 80. She became the catalyst behind West Virginia becoming the first state to proclaim a Grandparents’ Day in 1973 because she wanted to recognize all grandparents and bring attention to those who were often overlooked. When President Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation in 1978, it turned the observance into a federal holiday, catapulting her and others into the national spotlight. He acknowledged Marion McQuade as the organization’s founder and said, “I urge each citizen to pause and think on the role his grandparents have had in molding his own destiny.” Additionally, Carter focused on the impact his grandparents’ generation had left on our modern civilization.
The identical proclamation for National Grandparents Day was written by President Barack Obama in 2016, with the remark, “Let us continue to show them [our grandparents] the same honor they have shown us.” Despite being declared a national holiday, it is more of an observation than a public holiday, and card companies claim that the day generates less money than nine other holidays, including St. Patrick’s Day.
Happy National Grandparents Day Messages 2022
- “Thank you for the knowledge and joy you bring to the lives of everyone around you, Happy Grandparents Day 2022…”
- “This is just my way of saying thanks for raising my mom/dad and then doing it again with me…”
- “Grandma, thank you for your infinite love and wisdom. Happy Grandparents Day 2022…”
- “Thank you for building a family of love and kindness. Happy Grandparents Day 2022…”
- “To the best hugger(s) I know, Happy Grandparents Day 2022…”
- “I’m thankful for you today and every day. Happy Grandparents Day 2022…”
- “Grandpa, thank you for your stories and memories, I cherish the time we spent together. Happy Grandparents Day 2022…”
- “Grandma, spending time with you is a favorite memory in my life, thank you for your endless love! Happy Grandparents Day 2022…”
- “I am so thankful to have you/you both in my life. Happy Grandparents Day.
- “Grandpa, thank you for being my hero, someone to lean on, and my best friend. Happy Grandparents Day 2022…”
National Grandparents’ Day 2022: Quotes
- “If you’re lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.” – Regina Brett
- “A child needs a grandparent, anybody’s grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world.” – Charles and Ann Morse
- “Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven’t thought of yet.” – Gene Perret
- “What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, and lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.” – Rudy Giuliani
- “The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy.” – Sam Levenson
- “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” – Desmond Tutu
- “A child needs a grandparent, anybody’s grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world.” – Charles and Ann Morse
- Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” – Alex Haley
- “When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.” – Ogden Nash
