Happy father’s day

Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be called as dad. The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora smart Dodd thought of the idea for father’s day while listening to a mother’s day sermon in 1909. Having been raised by her father, William Jackson smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of this daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first father’s day celebration in Spokane, Washington on 19^th June, 1910.

In 1926, a national father’s day committee was formed in New York City. Father’s day was recognized by a joint resolution of congress in 1956. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of father’s day to be on 3^rd Sunday June.

Father’s day is celebrated in 19^th June every year. The day was born in memory and gratitude by a daughter who thought that her father and all good fathers should be honored with a special day just like we honor our mothers on mother’s day.