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Grandparents Day started with regional celebrations in the 1960s, but it didn’t become official in the U.S. until 1978. Then-President Jimmy Carter established in a proclamation that the first Sunday after Labor Day of each year would be National Grandparents Day.
Whether you’re sending a card, picking up the phone or just spending time remembering them Sunday, try using one of these famous quotes about grandparents.
"Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
“Maybe that is the greatest of wonders: that we can be shaped so much by those we've known closely, and equally by those we've never known at all -- and that we too can change the world long after we've left it.” --
Jacob M. Appel
“Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” -- Alex Haley
“Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven’t thought of yet.” -- Gene Perret
"Some of the world's best educators are grandparents." -- Charles W. Shedd
“The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy.” -- Sam Levenson
"If nothing is going well, call your grandmother." -- Italian proverb
"Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations." -- President Jimmy Carter
"When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window." --
Ogden Nash
"Every house needs a grandmother in it." -- Louisa May Alcott
"The greatest two words in the English Language: Grandpa & Grandma!!" Walker Report Editor & former Judge Steve Walker
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