Father's Day is the third Sunday in June.
Sonora Smart Dodd, of Spokane, Wa.,
thought of the idea for Father's Day
while listerning to a Mother's Day sermon
in 1909.
After her mother died, Sonora had been
raised by her father and she wanted to let
him know how special he was to her. She
chose June, the month that her father was
born, and the first Father's Day celebrat-
ing was on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Wa.
President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the
third Sunday in June as Father's Day.
Roses are the Father's Day flower, red for
a living father and white if the father has
died.
Many Catholics call St. Joseph's Day, on March 19,
Father's Day, because Joseph was the father of Jesus.
But most people celebrate a more modern version of
Father's Day.
Father's Day has become a day to not only honour your
father, but all men who act as a father figure.
Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male
friends all play a part in fathering, and thus they
deserve to be honoured on Father's Day.
