Penny's By Plaza Flowers You will find the most stunning and fresh assortments of flower arrangements and bouquets for this Grandparent's Day when you shop with Penny's By Plaza Flowers.  Grandparents are a very important part of every family and deserve to have a special day dedicated to them. The idea of this nationally recognized day started in 1969 when a young boy wrote a letter to President Nixon asking to make a special day for Grandparents. The boy received a thank you note back but it said these types of special observance days needed to be authorized by Congress. However, a housewife from West Virginia kept up her fight for a national  holiday to honor grandparents and finally won her cause in 1978. In 1977, Senator Randolph, with the help of other senators, introduced a joint resolution to the senate requesting the president to “issue annually a proclamation designating the first Sunday of September after Labor Day of each year as ‘National Grandparents’ Day’.” Congress passed the legislation, proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparent’s Day. On August 3, 1978,  President Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation to designate the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day. This day was cited as a day to "to honor grandparents, [...]