So, today’s Father’s Day. The third Sunday of June. I thought I’d do a Google search and share a little of how this Sunday came to be known as “Father’s Day”.
According to morning-glow.com, Father’s Day originated in 1909 and was started by a woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd. The concept was derived from and conceived during a Mother’s Day sermon. Coming from a single-parent family, Sonora’s father, William Jackson Smart, was the parent who made all the parental sacrifices for his daughter and gave of himself in every way he could to support her and give her the best he could. As Mr. Smart’s birthday was in June, Sonora decided to hold the first Father’s Day on the 19th of June 1910.
During the period between 1926 and 1972, a Father’s Day committee was founded, the Day was recognised by a Joint Resolution in Congress and Richard Nixon established an annual observance of Father’s Day on the third Sunday in June.
I’ve certainly learned a lot about the day and am glad it exists to be honoured and observed. Thanks, Dad. You are truly amazing and are one of a kind.
