Happy Father's Day to all!
Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards...
In fact when a "father's day" was first proposed there were no Father's Day cards!
Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a
"father's day" in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her
father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed
when his wife (Mrs. Dodd's mother) died in childbirth with their sixth
child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five
children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was
after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and
selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single
parent.
At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's day.".
In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national
Father's Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a
presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's
Day.
Father's Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all
men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and
adult male friends are all honored on Father's Day.
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