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Day 2009
There's
Mother's Day and Father's Day, but why a special day just
for grandparents?
While
cynics may view the celebration as just another "greeting
card company holiday", millions of families in the USA
are coming around to honoring the tradition.
It was
a fairly new idea only decades ago, when West Virginian natives
Marian McQuade and her husband Joe pressed the U.S. Senate
to proclaim a special day for grandparents throughout the
land. President Jimmy Carter finally signed the bill into
law in 1978.
Today
including 15 children, 40 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren,
the McQuade family has a lot to celebrate!
More
about Grandparents Day around the Web:
Around
the Web, check out fun activities for the kids, e-cards to
send, crafts to create, gifts to send and family history to
explore - for a complete celebration of Grandparents Day,
marked in the U.S. on the Sunday after Labor Day, and this
year celebrated on Sunday, September 13, 2009...
also
see ->Grandparent
gift ideas | Grandparent's
Day gift ideas
History
of Grandparents Day - Engaging historical details
on how Grandparents Day came to be, with related photos.
Grandparents
Day Crafts & Cards - Dozens of fun projects including
a paper family tree, genealogy chart, family collage, and
a printable gift keepsake.
Crayola.com
- Grandparents Day - Fun craft projects including
do-it-yourself greeting cards, handprint splashes and more,
plus e-cards, coloring pages, lesson plans.
Grandparents
Day Activity Kit - Ideas for celebrating the day including
how to create a family tree, genealogy research, story telling,
scrapbooking and comprehensive links to related sites on grandparenting.
Grandparents
Day at School - A complete study guide with fun and
educational activities including sample poems, music files,
memory books, family trees and more.
10
Grand Activities for Grandparents Day - Great resource
for teachers and parents with ideas for activities and events,
poems and lesson plans.
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