NATIONAL DOCTORS' DAY - MARCH 30, 2012

The first Doctors Day observance was March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia. Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, decided to set aside a day ot honor physicians. This first observance included the mailing of greeting cards and placing flowers on graves of deceased docotrs. The red carnation is commonly used as the symbolic flower for National Doctors Day.

On March 30, 1958, a Resolution commmemorating Doctors Day was adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1990, legislation was introduced in the House and Senate to establish a national Doctors Day. Following overwhelming approval by the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, On October 30, 1990, President George Bush signed S.J. RES. #366 designating March 30, 1991 as "National Doctors Day."

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