One grandpa's story for Grandparents Day; It's meant to honor our elders, but to an honoree it can be an occasion for reflecting on what gifts grandchildren are.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: September 10, 2000| Author: Haga, Chuck | Copyright information

Today is National Grandparents Day.

You may dismiss that as a commercial contrivance meant to sell cards, Old Spice, hard candy and bad ties. Every day should be grandparents day? Of course.

But this is the day, proclaimed if largely overlooked. And maybe it will excuse a rather personal story.

First, a little history. It wasn't Hallmark, but a grandmother - Marian McQuade of Oak Hill, W.Va. - who caused this day to be. She lobbied her home state f...

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