National Grandparents Day
National Grandparent's Day is a secular holiday celebrated in the United States since 1978 and officially recognized in a number of countries on various days of the year, either as one holiday or sometimes as a separate Grandmothers Day and Grandfathers Day (see below for dates by country).
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Famous quotes containing the words national, grandparents and/or day:
“The national anthem belongs to the eighteenth century. In it you find us ordering God about to do our political dirty work.”
—George Bernard Shaw (18561950)
“Part of the pain in leaving our children to go to work is that we miss them, wish we could be with them. We also hate to turn them over to someone who is not identical to us, who will do things, at best, differentlyat worst, in ways we dont believe are good for children. We are up against this whenever we share the care of our children with otherseven grandparents or trusted and loved ones.”
—Joan Sheingold Ditzion (20th century)
“Our own epoch is determining, day by day, its own style. Our eyes, unhappily, are unable yet to discern it.”
—Le Corbusier [Charle Édouard Jeanne] (18871965)