Father's day this coming weekend, I find it very disappointing
as Father's day is the least celebrated day.
People always highlight the importance of Mother's day but not
father!
The History of Father's Day
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that
has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children.
On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States
are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel
special. .
The origin of Father's Day is not clear. Some say that it began
with a church service in West Virginia in 1908. Others say the
first Father's Day ceremony was held in Vancouver, Washington.
The president of the Chicago branch of the Lions' Club, Harry
Meek, is said to have celebrated the first Father's Day with his
organization in 1915; and the day that they chose was the third
Sunday in June, the closest date to Meek's own birthday!
Regardless of when the first true Father's Day occurred, the
strongest promoter of the holiday was Mrs. Bruce John Dodd of
Spokane, Washington. Mrs. Dodd felt that she had an outstanding
father. He was a veteran of the Civil War. His wife had died young,
and he had raised six children without their mother.
In 1909, Mrs. Dodd approached her own minister and others in
Spokane about having a church service dedicated to fathers on June
5, her father's birthday. That date was too soon for her minister
to prepare the service, so he spoke a few weeks later on June 19th.
From then on, the state of Washington celebrated the third Sunday
in June as Father's Day. Children made special desserts, or visited
their fathers if they lived apart.
States and organizations began lobbying Congress to declare an
annual Father's Day. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson approved of
this idea, but it was not until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge
made it a national event to "establish more intimate relations
between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the
full measure of their obligations." Since then, fathers had been
honored and recognized by their families throughout the country on
the third Sunday in June.
When children can't visit their fathers or take them out to
dinner, they send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers prefer
greeting cards that are not too sentimental. Most greeting cards
are whimsical so fathers laugh when they open them. Some give
heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad.
true. even i remembered to post threads on Mother's Day
but not Father's Day