Sunday, June 17, 2007

Journal 18 - Father's Day

Today, is June 17,2007, the people of many countries express gratitude and appreciation for their fathers. In the United States and Canada, Father’s day falls on the third Sunday in June. Father’s day was set a special day to honor fathers in 1909 by lady Sonora Lousie Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington. She wanted to honor her father, William Jackson Smart. Smart’s wife died in 1898, and he raised their six children on his own. Through Sonora Dodd’s efforts, Spokane celebrated the first Father’s Day on June 19, 1910. Over years, many resolutions make the day an official national holiday.
Finally, in 1972, President Richard Nixon signed Father’s Day into law.

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