Father’s Day
Father’s Day
Like everything material and celebratory, the origins of Father’s Day to honour fathers can be traced to the U.S.
On the third Sunday in June, fathers are given presents, treated to dinner or made to feel special.
The origin of Father’s Day is not clear; while some trace it to a West Virginia church service in 1908 others trace it to Washington. But the celebration got its first real promoter in a certain Mrs. Bruce John Dodd of Washington. The idea came to her mind while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909.
Another version is that Father’s Day was celebrated in the United States on June 18, 1909, when a woman decided to honour her father, a sergeant, who was left to raise six children by himself after his wife died.
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