Happy Father's Day 2001!
HISTORY
Father's Day began in the United States, but no one knows quite where and when. Some say that a Mrs. John Dowd of West Virginia began Father's Day to honour her own father, who raised his family after his wife died. Others say it was launched in Spokane, Washington, in June 1910 by a Mrs. John Bruce Dodd. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.
The first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington. At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's day." In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day.
Well dad, you first became a dad, with my brother, your son, Jim! That was...a long time ago! About 45 years! Then, a few years later, the "apple of your eye" aka, ME, came along!
My Golf Page / My Memorial to War Vets and Missing
My Adopted Vietnam MIA / A Soldier's Christmas
The US Flag / A Father's Day Gift from my Daughter
My Homepage / Webrings I belong to
