Trivia log of working class citizen

A father is so special in a child's life. Most fathers are involved with their children's activities like sports or outdoor games and having lots of fun with them in all sorts of pleasurable and lovable means. It is due to our fathers' devotion to their children that on Father's Day we remember, recognize and treat them in a very special way.

There are many stories why we honor our fathers on the third Sunday in June. The most popular story about the origin of Father's Day started 1909 when Mrs. John B. Dodds from Spokane, Washington, campaigned for a Father's Day celebration. The idea came to her while she listed to a church sermon on the virtues of Mother's Day.

Mrs. Dodds thought about her own childhood, raised in a family of six children by a single father after the death of her mother. Mrs. Dodds thought of her father, who acted as both father and mother, and nurtured and cared for her and her siblings. There were many other fathers who selflessly gave of themselves to help take care of their own children.

She wanted all fathers to be honored with a special day all their own. She campaigned and worked to spread her message, and got the help of friends and family to write letters to influential people who could make her dream come true in respect to our beloved fathers.

After much effort, initiative and enthusiasm, Father's Day was first celebrated in 1910. Mrs. Dodds wanted the date of the holiday to be on her father's birthday, which was the fifth of June. But the events had to be moved to the third Sunday of June to have enough time to prepare for the special day of all fathers.

Ever since annual celebrations were held throughout the United States and Canada. In 1972, Richard M. Nixon signed a congressional resolution creating Father's Day in the United States.

This special day gives us the opportunity to show our eternal love and honor fathers, stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and all men who play the role as a father to any child or children.