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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...

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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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