Have you ever wondered where some of the well-known holidays (besides Christmas and Thanksgiving) have originated from? I know I have, and I'm here to help! Father's Day is one of those holiday's that you merely celebrate but have no idea how it started.
Brief History:
Father's Day is a holiday that is meant for children to honor their father's. In Spokane, Washington a woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd was listening to a sermon about Mother's Day and wondered why there was not a day to celebrate fathers. Having been raised by her father since her mother's death, Miss Dodd decided she would hold a day to celebrate her father's impact in her life.
Since her father was born in June, she chose to hold the first ever Father's Day celebration on June 19th, 2010. In New York City a national committee for Father's Day was formed in 1923. It wasn't until Nixon came to office that he made it a day of national observance in 1972.
So Father's Day came to be, from a girl who believed her father deserved recognition for all his hard work and love he had given her and her siblings over the years.
Fun fact:
Roses are the official flower of Father's Day. Red roses for those father's who are still living, white for those who have passed.
So be sure to spoil your dad on Father's Day. If you have been blessed to have your father in your life, then let him know how much you truly care about him. Spend some time with him and give him a gift he can cherish forever. Because a father is forever, and he deserves to be honored!
