Words to Delite: 06/20/10

Sunday, June 20, 2010

FATHERS DAY

Good Morning Everyone…today is Fathers Day..wow the year is flying past…I miss my Dad today..he’s been gone for 16 years..I love and miss you Daddy.

Have you every wondered about the history of Fathers Day? I have..so I did a little research and this is what I found.

The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special. .

The origin of Father's Day is not clear. Some say that it began with a church service in West Virginia in 1908. Others say the first Father's Day ceremony was held in Vancouver, Washington.

Regardless of when the first true Father's Day occurred, the strongest promoter of the holiday was Mrs. Bruce John Dodd of Spokane, Washington. She thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909.

Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. Smart, who was a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state.

After Sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. In 1909, Mrs. Dodd approached her own minister and others in Spokane about having a church service dedicated to fathers on June 5, her father's birthday. That date was too soon for her minister to prepare the service, so he spoke a few weeks later on June 19th. From then on, the state of Washington celebrated the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. Children made special desserts, or visited their fathers if they lived apart.

In early times, wearing flowers was a traditional way of celebrating Father's Day. Mrs. Dodd favored the red rose to honor a father still living, while a white flower honored a deceased dad. J.H. Berringer, who also held Father's Day celebrations in Washington State as early as 1912, chose a white lilac as the Father's Day Flower.

States and organizations began lobbying Congress to declare an annual Father's Day. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea, but it was not until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge made it a national event to "establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations." Since then, fathers had been honored and recognized by their families throughout the country on the third Sunday in June.

In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day and put the official stamp on a celebration that was going on for almost half a century.

I have new word art out today

You can find it HERE..and on SALE

Just in time for Fathers Day, Special Fathers is a collection of sayings for and about special fathers and dads..there are 20 sayings each on individual png files and done in 300 dpi for better print quality. Any one of these will give your layout that Wow Factor we all want to achieve and can also be used for other craft projects.

My wonderful CT has been working overtime to get new layouts made to show you.

From sherlylynn

Credits are HERE

From junebugmom68

From Lainey

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I found this picture that Kendra had just put on the computer and had to use it..this was Easter and she got all the jewelry in her basket and she LOVED it I used Good Morning Sunshine by Chaos Lounge. I scrap lifted this page from one of Jen’s CT Members Bryanna