HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!

The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of 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 Links
Father's Day at Alphabet Soup
Barbara's Entourage A Tribute to Father
Billy Bear's Happy Father's Day
Marvelicious Happy Father's Day
Father's Day on the Net - Welcome
National Center for Fathering

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Dad, you're someone to look up to no matter how tall I've grown. ~Author Unknown

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Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor

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Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown

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There's one sad truth in life I've found

While journeying east and west -

The only folks we really wound

Are those we love the best.

We flatter those we scarcely know,

We please the fleeting guest,

And deal full many a thoughtless blow

To those who love us best.

~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

[Mike McKenna's Story]