Father’s Day… Where did it come from? How did it come to be? Who
came up with the idea of Father’s Day? What is Father’s Day?
To find the answer to these questions you must first start at the
beginning. Father’s Day is a celebration that celebrates paternal bonds,
fatherhood & the influence of father’s in society. In most cases &
countries Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. There are many
places that celebrate on other days.
Anna Jarvis Brought Mother’s Day to light in 1908 as a way to honor her
own mother. Along with John Wanamaker, Anna Jarvis kept promoting the idea of
honoring one’s mother, until President Woodrow Wilson made it an official holiday
in 1914.
Father’s Day is a celebration to complement Mother’s Day. It was founded
in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd. The first celebration of Father’s Day was in
Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910. Her Father, a Civil War veteran William
Jackson Smart, was a single parent who reared his six children.
Father’s Day did not have much success at first. Mother’s Day had become extremely
commercialized by major manufacturers. Americans resisted the holiday,
perceiving it as just an attempt by merchants to replicate the commercial
success of Mother’s Day, and newspapers frequently featured cynical and
sarcastic attacks and jokes. By the mid 1980’s the Father’s Day Council (founded by the
New York Associated Men’s Wear Retailers) had used their influence and the
Presidential Proclamation Richard Nixon Finally Signed into Law in 1972 to make
Father’s Day a recognized Holiday.
Father’s day is simply put, A way to honor the father’s
that raise children in our societies.
With that being said, remember that this year Father’s
Day is on June 17, 2012. As soon as you wake on the 17th take the
time to call your Father and simply say “Happy Father’s Day” this specific
holiday had a difficult road to travel in order for the father’s in this world
to get recognized for rearing their children…
Happy Father’s Day… to all that read this…
