Doctors’ Day was first observed in 1933 as a way to honor the profession. Initially, it involved mailing cards to physicians and their wives and placing flowers on the graves of deceased physicians.
It wasn’t until 1958 that the US House of Representatives adopted a resolution commemorating Doctors’ Day.
In 1990 several Mississippi legislators drafted a bill to make March 30 National Doctors’ Day. George Bush signed this bill into law later that year.
A red carnation has traditionally been used as the symbol of Doctors’ Day.
Give your doctor a fist bump today.