{"id":421,"date":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2010\/06\/fathers-day-history.html"},"modified":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","slug":"fathers-day-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2010\/06\/fathers-day-history.html","title":{"rendered":"Father’s Day – history"},"content":{"rendered":"

History has always fascinated me so this year I became curious about the history of Father’s Day. When I was in college I switched majors many times. I started out as a physics major and ended up as a Math major. I love Math and history so I took almost as many history classes as Math.<\/p>\n

Seems the first Father’s Day card was created 4,000 years ago by a young boy named Elmusu when he wished his Babylonian
\nfather good health and a long life by carving the message on a clay tablet. In countries, where the Catholic Church has significant influence Father’s Day is often celebrated on St.
\nJoseph’s
\nDay (March 19).<\/p>\n


\nAs the story goes the idea for creating a day for children to honor their
\nfathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman named Sonora Smart
\nDodd, who had been raised by her father after her mother’s death thought of the idea while listening to a
\nMother’s
\nDay sermon in 1909. Since her dad was born in June she organized a Father’s Day celebration on June 19th of 1910.<\/p>\n

President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the third Sunday in June as
\nFather’s Day in 1924. In 1972 Father’s Day was established as a permanent
\nnational
\nobservance to be held on the third Sunday of
\nJune by President Nixon.<\/p>\n

Roses are a traditional Father’s Day flowers. Red
\nis worn for a living father and white if the father has died.<\/p>\n

My father died last year so I guess this year it will be white roses for me. This week it will be a year since he passed. I miss him a lot. He lived with me for the last year of his life. Every morning he would walk past my office on his way to the bathroom, wave and wink at me. <\/p>\n

Have a Happy Father’s Day and if your dad is still alive let him know how special he really is, after all without him you wouldn’t exist. <\/p>\n

With love and aloha,
\nSusan<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Angels are everywhere just open your mind and your heart to the signs.<\/p>\n

Make Angels on
\nYour Shoulder<\/a> part of your daily routine and share it with a
\nfriend! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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