It's Grandparents Day!
This year, Grandparents' Day falls on September 8, serving as a means to honor and celebrate the legacy of our Grandparents, and their influence over future generations-our generation.
Grandparents' Day, according to the National Grandparents Day Council, had begun as a campaign in West Virginia by a local woman, Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade, who had believed that there should be an appropriated holiday celebrating grandparents. Her campaign eventually led to the installation of a Grandparents Day in West Virginia in 1973, subsequently signed by Governor Arch Moore.
Senator Jennings Randolph would then introduce a National Grandparents Day resolution in the senate. And then five years later the Congress would pass the resolution, which was then signed by then president Jimmy Carter.
The youth have been quick to forget, that several grandparents have come from a generation ravaged by war, revolution, migration, and the beginnings of modern technological advancement. These grandparents have lived through the second world war, the Vietnam war; they have lived through several changing trends and music styles; they have lived to see Elvis on television, the Beatles on the radio; they lived through the sexual revolution; grandparents have lived in a time when racism was a more than acceptable form of social disparity-all of these overlooked by the current generation distracted by future-focused capitalism and a billion dollar market that feeds off distraction and entertainment.
President Barack Obama in his recently released presidential proclamation for Grandparents Day 2013 said:
"Our grandparents' generations made America what it is today. They led our Nation through times of war, heralded new ages of innovation, and tested the limits of human imagination. They challenged longstanding prejudices and shattered barriers, both cultural and scientific. In our homes and our communities, grandparents pass down the values that have led generations of Americans to live well and give back. As individuals, as families, and as a society, we have an unshakable obligation to provide the care and support our grandparents have earned. Together, let us guarantee the right of every American to live out their golden years in dignity and security."
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