HISTORY
 

Father's Day was started as a REACTION, or perhaps as
an afterthought, to Mother's Day.  Not only was the first
Father's Day service held in Fairmont, West Virginia, in
July 1908 (just two months after and twenty miles down
the river from the first Mother's Day in Grafton), but the
woman chiefly responsible for the popularizing the
celebration, Mrs John Bruce of Spokane got the idea
while listening to a Mother's Day sermon.  That was
in 1909, and by the following year had persuaded
the Spokane city fathers to observe one Sunday
in June as an offical tribute to paternity.  Her
original choice was June 5th, the birthday of her
father, who had raised 6 children after the death of his
wife, but the third Sunday proved logistically more acceptable,
and so it has stayed ever since.

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Although fathers were widely honored on that day
beginning early in the century, and although President Wilson
endorsed it as he had Mother's Day, the legal parity of the
partental holiday was SLOW in coming.  For over 60
years, American presidents had to make annual as hoc
proclamations, for Congress was strangely reluctant
-----a rare instance of modesty, perhaps---- to give DAD
an equal permant footing with Mom.  It was not until
1972 that Congress established the national
holiday.

 

Nepal 
GOKARNE AUNSI

This event takes place in August or September.

In Nepal, Gokarane Aunsi is a time for showing filial piety.
Government offices are closed and people perform acts in honor
of their Fathers.  Those whose fathers are already dead bathe and
perform special ceremonies in their honor.  Those living with fathers
visit them gifts of sweets, favorite foods, and beverages.  In turn the
fathers bestow blessings upon their children.

 

Sweden 

This event takes place the Second Sunday in November

The celebration of father's Day in Sweden is based on traditions of
the American holiday, and the customs, including YES, the almost
compulsory dreaded necktie, are nearly identical.  The main
difference is that in Sweden the ay is celebrated in November
whereas in the US it is celebrated in June.
 

FATHERS TAKE HEART, WE ALL KNOW IT
TAKES A
BIG MAN TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS
 

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