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The concept of celebrating Father's Day began in earnest in the early 1900's in the United States of America.
Some accounts credit Mrs. Charles Clayton of West Virginia, as the founder of Father's Day due to a church service in 1908 for fathers.
Others say the first Father's Day ceremony was held in Vancouver, Washington.
Harry C. Meek was also given credit for founding the idea of Father's Day.
Harry was a President of a Chicago Lions Club and gave speeches to various groups about the need to
honor fathers through out the United States.
In appreciation for his work, the Lions Clubs of America presented
Harry C. Meek with a gold watch, with the inscription "Originator of Father's Day," on his birthday, June 20, 1920.
However, the strongest promoter of the Father's Day holiday was Mrs. Bruce John Dodd of Spokane, Washington.
And she, Sonora Louise Dodd, has been credited with the inspiration of Father's Day.
Sonora Louise Dodd was the daughter of William Jackson Smart.
Her father was a Civil War veteran and was widowed when his wife died in 1898 while giving birth to their sixth child.
He was left to raise the newborn baby and five other children by himself, on a rural farm in the Big Bend hills of eastern Washington state.
Her father faced hardships and frustrations as a single parent but kept a paternal vigilance over his motherless children for more than two decades.
Sonora Louise Dodd admired her father's strength and selflessness in raising his children as a single parent.
She saw her father as a courageous, selfless, and loving man for all the parental sacrifices that he made.
While Sonora was listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909, she became inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day and thought about the idea of creating a special day for father's.
Sonora loved her father and wanted him to know how special he was to her and wanted a special day to
honor her father, William Smart.
This special day could also be used for the observance of the love and the sacrifice of fathers everywhere.
Sonora first suggested the idea of the holiday in 1909 through a formal Fathers' Day petition asking
for the recognition of fatherhood.
Mrs. Dodd approached her own minister and others in Spokane about having a church service dedicated to her father on June 5, 1910.
However, that date was too soon for her minister to prepare the service, so he spoke a few weeks later on June 19th.
So, the first Father's Day celebration was held in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910 in memory of Sonora's father, William Jackson Smart.
And her inspiration for Fathers' Day materialized.
From then on, the state of Washington celebrated the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.
Children made special desserts, or visited their fathers if they lived apart.
At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate their own father's day.
This started the idea of creating a national day for children to honor their fathers all over America.
Flowers were used to honor fathers.
Mrs. Dodd favored the red rose to honor a father still living, while a white flower
honored a deceased father.
Also, J. H. Berringer, who also held Father's Day celebrations in Washington State as early as 1912, chose a white lilac as the Father's Day Flower.
Even President Calvin Coolidge in 1924 supported the idea of a national Father's Day, but it never became official.
In 1926, a National Father's Day Committee was formed in New York City.
But it wasn't until a Joint Resolution of Congress recognized Father's Day in 1956.
Then, President Lyndon Johnson in 1966 signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day.
However, President Richard Nixon in 1972, established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June.
Father's Day was born in memory and gratitude by a daughter who thought that her father and all other good fathers should be
honored with a special day just like we honor our mothers on Mother's Day.
Father's Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure such as stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends.
So now, all men that act as father figures can be honored on Father's Day.
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A father is usually a man that begets a child, a parent.
A father can also be a stepfather, adoptive father, foster father, sperm donor father or another non-parent male.
However, some men do shun or deny their responsibilities to act or serve as a father.
They may procreate an offspring, but offer very little in the paternal governance of the child.
These are the men that sadly miss out on the chance of a lifetime. They miss out on the experience of the pure love given by children. And they also miss out in the constructive molding of the child's life.
Unfortunately and unknowingly these absent fathers can quite often sow fear, anger, hate and jealousy within a child through their actions and lack of considerations.
For through this lack of relationship, if there is criticism a child may well learn to condemn.
Where there is hostility a child may learn to fight needlessly.
If a child experiences ridicule they may become shy and if a child experiences shame they may develop a sense of guilt.
So what is a father?
It is a man whose contact and support is robust enough so that a bond occurs between the man and the child.
But there is more to being a father than this.
A father is a special man, capable of nurturing and/or raising a child. For it is the father's role to love, protect and paternally govern a child.
A child always looks up to their father, watches and notices their actions, so a father should always lead by setting the example.
Fathers should encourage their children to consistently make small decisions and actions for the good of all, which will have far reaching consequences in their children's lives.
For a father's encouragement will install confidence within a child.
Through proper and loving fatherly guidance in teaching a child about what is "for the good of all", a child will also develop a passion for goodness.
A father through their encouragement can help a child become more decisive, desire what is good, develop friendship and hence let their child experience approval and love.
For through approval a child will learn to accept itself and like itself for what it is.
A father will tell and/or show a child what is expected of them and then let them try things for themselves.
A father will observe their performance and then praise their progress or redirect them in the correct way or manner of doing things.
A father's tolerance will install patience within a child, while a father's praise will install a sense of appreciation.
Fathers will also teach their children about the consequences of their actions, for a child's actions do make a difference in their life.
Through this kind of teaching, a child learns the difference between right and wrong.
A child will also learn about acceptance, respect, responsibility and develop wisdom.
And through acceptance a child will learn about love.
A father will let a child try and experience something that is right to do.
If a child stumbles or falls they will encourage them to go on.
If a child gets hurt they will comfort and support them.
Fathers teach their children how to play games to prepare them for the rough and tumble of life.
A father will teach their child about the quality of performance in playing games.
They will teach their child how to prepare and focus on what they are doing.
A father will encourage their child to play fairly, especially with other younger children.
And if a child wants to win, they are encouraged to give their all in the appropriate manner, in whatever they want to achieve.
Through the understanding of fairness a child learns justice.
A father gives his time for his child. He listens, cares, gives and shares.
A father lovingly teaches and guides his child through life. He can be patient, helpful and strong when it comes to meeting his child's needs.
Through the love of a father a child feels secure and obtains faith.
So, a father is not only a man who lovingly nurtures, protects and/or paternally governs a child.
A father is a man who gives his heart and soul to a child, so that the child can
grow up to be the best person that they can possibly be.
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