GC316X9 August 21~Senior Citzen's Day
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: poolsharkycat @ | Hide Date: 07/30/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 34.059 W104° 12.749 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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National Senior Citizens Day

When : August 21st

National Senior Citizens Day honors our elderly population. On this day, we are encouraged to recognize and show appreciation for the value and contribution of elderly people to home, family and society.

In his Presidential Proclamation (August 19, 1988), President Ronald Reagan said "For all they have achieved throughout life and for all they continue to accomplish, we owe older citizens our thanks and a heartfelt salute. We can best demonstrate our gratitude and esteem by making sure that our communities are good places in which to mature and grow older."

On National Senior Citizens Day, we should:

Spend some time with senior citizens
Show our appreciation for senior citizens
Do volunteer work in support of the elderly

If you are a senior citizen, enjoy your day any way you desire. After all, this is your day! Make sure to take advantage of senior citizens specials and discounts. There's bound to be plenty offers today.

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The Origin of National Senior Citizens Day:

On August 19, 1988, President Ronald Reagan issued Proclamation 5847 creating National Senior Citizens Day to be August 21.

There are many, many other "Senior Citizen Days" on various dates around the world. Many countries local communities and organizations have declared or held senior citizen days.

See the Congressional Proclamation of National Senior Citizens Day.

05/24/2019 By lasouthpaw
Found a very dried up dead beetle in the container. When I put things back together, I left it out. Everything is in good shape with the cache. Thanks for the smiley! Find #3545.

I decided to start the Memorial Day weekend with a little caching run. Headed out this way to cross some degrees off the list for the Colorado 360 challenge. I'm down to about 100 now and I'm itching to whittle that down even further. Beautiful day to be outside, started in the low 70's and ended in the mid 60's. Little bit of muggle traffic here and there, but nothing too bad. Thanks to all the COs for putting these out for us to enjoy.

09/30/2018 By Spooty
Found it at 1205.
It took me a few seconds to spot this one; I couldn't see it at first.
I'm looking forward to being celebrated on this holiday, one of these years!
TNLNSL. TFTC!

09/04/2018 By Mean Kitty
Find #49232

Its been a long hot summer in Texas, I've been trying to get out and do a caching trip a couple of times this summer, but it never worked out. Finally managed to get a week off, and am so happy to be out here in Colorado. The weather if perfect, and there is a load of caches that need my name on Thanks so much for the hide poolsharkycat, I really enjoyed finiding this cache!

08/03/2018 By 2lablovers
Fun day with our dog Fred out caching on the plains all the way to Flagler.

05/07/2018 By Cache Dipper
Quickie Thanks

05/07/2018 By reforestgrrl
So many days… So many things to acknowledge and celebrate! Another quick find out in the Plains.

04/28/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches

10/13/2017 By L O S T - S O U L
TFTC

Enjoying another day traversing the countryside, acquiring many miles and boosting cache numbers and others in between along the power trails!
Nothing better than caching along the back country roads of America! Thanks for placing these out here. Most were in good shape in these sections however i did replaced wet logs and broken containers as needed. Initialed logs