Father's Day is a day of commemoration and celebration of Dad. 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 Stepfathers, Uncles,
Grandfathers, or "Big Brothers."
Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving, and special dinners to fathers and family-oriented activities. In 2008, it was celebrated on June 15 in many countries. It originated in Spokane, Washington. In 2009, it will be celebrated on June 21 in many countries.
The first observance of Father's Day is believed to have been held in July 5 1908 a church in Fairmont,West Virginia, by Dr. Robert Webb of West Virginia at the Central United Methodist Church of Fairmont.
Mrs. John B. Dodd of Washington thought independently of the holiday one Sunday in 1909 while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in church, and she arranged a tribute for her father in June 19, 1910. She was the first to solicit the idea of having an official Father's Day observance.
It took many years to make the holiday official. Where Mother's Day was met with enthusiam, Father's Day was met with laughter. The holiday was gathering attention slowly, but the wrong reasons: it was the target of much satire, parody and derision, including jokes from the local newspaper. A bill was introduced on 1913, US President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea in 1924, a national committee was formed in the 1930s by trade groups in order to legitimate the holiday, President Lyndon Johnson made a proclamation in 1966 but it wasn't made a permanent holiday until 1976 with .
In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries, most often on November 19.
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