Grandparents’ Day falls on the first Sunday of September
following Labor Day. Thus, the date changes from year to
year, but the informal holiday always falls in early to mid-
September.  

In the United States, Russell Capper (age 9 in 1969) sent
a letter to President Nixon suggesting a special day be
set aside as Grandparents’ Day.

Since the aforementioned letter, Marian McQuade, a West
Virginia housewife, was 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.

In 1973, then-Senator Jennings Randolph, D-WV, introduced
a  resolution to the senate to make Grandparents’ Day a
national holiday.

The flower of the U.S. National Grandparents Day is the
forget-me-not which blooms in the spring. As a result,
seasonal flowers are given in appreciation to grandparents
on this day.