Melissa Santañez
- Jun 19, 2022
- 3 min read

Father's Day is just around the corner!

Spoil Dad this Father’s Day

Today, June 19, 2022 we are celebrating a special day for the heroes in our lives, our fathers which is a couple of days before the summer solstice (June 21, Tuesday at 5:14 A.M. Eastern Time).

It's the perfect time to kick-off the summer season isn't? with father-focused outdoor ideas like having barbecue on the beach; going on a camping trip; or you can start the day by giving them your warmest greetings. Regardless of how you are going to spend the holiday, as long as you make your fathers feel loved, that's what's most important to them, especially the elderly they tend to get emotional at their age, they would surely be touched when their families spend a day out with them, no work, just fun family time.

Father’s Day is celebrated annually on every third Sunday in June by most countries around the world like the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and a lot more.

While some countries celebrate this holiday at other times of the year. In Australia, for example, Father’s Day is held on the first Sunday of September. Norway, Sweden, and Finland, on the other hand, celebrate it on the second Sunday in November; and in some Catholic countries, on March 19 in honor of St. Joseph’s Day.

Who proposed "Father's Day" to be an annual celebration?

"Like Mother’s Day, the modern American version of Father’s Day has a history that goes well beyond greeting cards. The first known Father’s Day service occurred in Fairmont, West Virginia, on July 5, 1908, after hundreds of men died in the worst mining accident in U.S. history. The Sunday service happened because of the efforts of Grace Golden Clayton, the daughter of a dedicated reverend.

While missing her own dad, who had died in 1896, Mrs. Clayton wanted to honor the many fathers who had died in the mining explosion, which killed more than 360 men and boys, and left about 1,000 children fatherless. Although the Fairmont service was the first known to honor fathers, it did not turn into an annual event, nor was the idea promoted (a large July 4 celebration in Fairmont and a tragic young death from typhoid fever took over the news at the time).

Father’s Day Gains Momentum

Several other people across the nation had similar ideas throughout the years, but Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd is credited for being the one to popularize it, starting events that led to Father’s Day becoming a U.S. national holiday.

Her story began as she sat listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Mrs. Dodd thought that it might be nice to honor fathers as well. Her father, William Smart, had raised his SIX children alone on his farm in Washington after his wife died giving birth.

Mrs. Dodd proposed to the Spokane Ministerial Association and the YMCA that they celebrate a “father’s day.” She chose the 5th of June because it was her father’s birthday.

The idea received strong support, but the good ministers of Spokane asked that the day be changed to give them extra time to prepare sermons on the unexplored subject of fathers. The first Father’s Day in Spokane, Washington, was observed on June 19, 1910 (the third Sunday in June), and became an annual event there. Soon, other towns had their own celebrations.

From Local Celebration to National Holiday

In spite of widespread support, Father’s Day did not become a permanent national holiday for many years. The first bill was introduced in Congress in 1913, but in spite of encouragement by President Woodrow Wilson, it did not pass. In 1966, Lyndon Johnson issued a proclamation designating the third Sunday in June to honor fathers.

Finally, in 1972, President Richard Nixon signed a law declaring that Father’s Day be celebrated annually on the third Sunday in June. It has been an official, permanent national holiday ever since."

source : https://www.almanac.com/content/when-fathers-day

To celebrate Father's Day, let me share some cool videos that you all can enjoy😉🧑‍🍼