National Daisy Day Timeline

September 7, 1964

President Lyndon Johnson Capitalizes on Daises

This iconic ad began with a three-year-old girl picking daisies in an open field and ended with a nuclear explosion. It helped Johnson clinch the election.

March 12, 1912

A Historic "Daisy" Founds GSA

Juliette Gordon Low, AKA "Daisy" held the first Girl Scouts of America meeting in Georgia with 18 girls.

1792

Daisies Get Classified

The botanist Paul Dietrich Giseke records daisies as part of the composite family.