Parents are the most important people in everyone's life. People often say that father's love is like mountain and mother's love is like sea to express parents' love and selflessness for their children. There is mother's day, and of course there is father's day. Father's Day is set on the third Sunday in June every year. How many father's days is this year? When was the first father's day in the world? How did you get here?
Father's day, as its name suggests, is a festival to thank your father. It began in the early 20th century, originated in the United States, and has been widely spread all over the world. The festival dates vary from region to region.
The most extensive date is the third Sunday in June every year. 52 countries and regions in the world celebrate father's day on this day. There are various ways to celebrate the festival, most of which are related to gifts, family meals or activities.
No official Father's Day was officially established in Chinese mainland. However, mainland people are used to using the third Sunday in June as father's day; Father's day in Taiwan, China is August 8. Father's day in Taiwan, China is set on August 8 every year, also known as "August 8". This is because 'August 8' is close to my father, and the word 'August 8' is connected like a word 'father', so father's Day is specially scheduled for August 8.
The world's first father's Day
The world's first father's day, born in the United States in 1910, was advocated by Mrs. Bruce Dodd, who lives in Spokane, Washington.
Mrs. Dodd's mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mrs. Dodd's father, Mr. William Smart, participated in the civil war. After his wife died, he undertook the task of raising and educating six children alone on a rural farm in eastern Washington. Mrs. Dodd is the second in the family and the only girl in the family, The careful nature of women makes her more aware of her father's hard work. Mr. smart worked hard during the day and took care of the housework and the life of every child when he came home at night. After decades of hard work, the children finally grew up. When the children hoped to make Mr. smart enjoy his old age, Mr. smart died in 1909 because of years of overwork.
In the year of Mr. Smart's death in 1909, when Mrs. Dodd attended the church's mother's Day Thanksgiving service, she especially missed her father. Mrs. Dodd knew that her father's love and hardships in raising children were no less than any mother. Dodd told Rev. Rasmus of the church about her feelings, I hope to have a special day to commemorate the great father all over the world. Her idea was praised by the priest and supported by various church organizations. Mrs. Dodd immediately wrote to the mayor and the state government to express her ideas and suggested that her father's birthday, June 5, be taken as father's day every year.
The mayor of Spokane and the governor of Washington state publicly expressed their support. While adopting this proposal, the state government changed the festival to the third Sunday in June. On June 19, 1910, Spokane, Washington, where Mrs. Dodd was located, held the world's first father's Day celebration. At about the same time, people in other towns around the United States began to celebrate 'father's Day'.
On father's day, people choose specific flowers to express their respect and thoughts for their father. People adopt Mrs. Dodd's suggestion, wear red roses to show their love to their living father, and wear white roses to express their mourning for their dead father. This custom has been spread to this day. At the beginning of father's day, the dates are different, and dandelions are used as the symbol of father's day in some places, In some places, white lilacs lined with a green leaf are used to pay tribute to their father.
In 1924, U.S. President Coolidge expressed support for the proposal to establish a national Father's day. In 1966, President Johnson signed a presidential proclamation and declared the third Sunday in June of that year as U.S. father's day. In 1972, U.S. President Nixon signed an official document to designate the third Sunday in June of each year as U.S. father's day and become a permanent memorial day in the United States.