Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June 2009
Father's Day is celebrated in the US on Sunday, June 21, 2009.Father's Day is a day of commemoration and celebration of Father the special man in our own life. Most of the time We forget the sacrifice of our fathers and the roles they have played in shaping our lives. Father's Day gives us the opportunity to show and express our love and care to this man, who deserves our support most.Father's Day is the most appropriate platform to make us look beyond 'our own' family and honor the man who brought us joy and happiness. Father's Day is a day to honor not only your father, but all men who have acted as a father figure in your life - whether as Uncles, Grandfathers, or "Big Brothers." It is a day to not only honor your father, but all men who have acted as a father figure in your life - whether as Uncles, Grandfathers, or "Big Brothers."
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The frist idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman whose Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. Having been raised by her father, William Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora's father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.
In 1926, a National Father's Day Committee was formed in New York City. Father's Day was recognized by a Joint Resolution of Congress in 1956. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. So Father's Day was born in memory and gratitude by a daughter who thought that her father and all good fathers should be honored with a special day just like we honor our mothers on Mother's Day. Father's Day is a time of burnt toast and breakfast in bed, family gatherings, and crayon scribbled "I Love You Dad" and, of course, that lovely new tie!
Father's Day is celebrated on Sunday, June 21, 2009. Other Countries celebrate throughout the year.
