Grandparents Day in United States
Grandparents Day in United States is held on September 8. 1978. This event in the first decade of the month September is annual. Help us
It is said that the origin of the festival comes from the recognition of the elders and their importance.
In 1973, Senator Jennings Randolph introduced a motion to declare Grandparents' Day a national holiday. Five years later, in 1978, Congress passed a law that established the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents' Day.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Grandparents Day in Estonia on September 8 (Vanavanemate Päev is celebrated on the second Sunday in September);
Grandparents Day in Canada on September 8 (Second Sunday of September);
Grandparents Day in Phillipines on September 8 (Second Sunday in September);
Rozhanitsy in Ukraine on September 8 (Celebrated for two days, September 8 and 21);
Father's Day in Ukraine and Latvia on September 15 (celebrated on the third Sunday in September)