History

Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June in most countries, but it varies in some other countries in the world that we will also receive. Father’s Day began in the United States due to the success of Anna Jarvis in the early 20th century in promoting Mother’s Day, which led to people wanting to celebrate other family members as well.

Established

Sonora Dodd of Washington is said to have initiated the Father’s Day festival after hearing a Mother’s Day sermon (1909) and wondering why there was not the same celebration attributed to the Father, since his Mother personally died giving birth. when Sonara was only 16 years old. and her father raised the family alone: ​​the baby, her, and her siblings.

Sonora began campaigning to kick off the day in Spokane Washington with the full support of the local YMCA and Ministerial Association. Then the first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, and cities across the United States soon followed.

National holiday

In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. And in 1972, President Nixon made it a permanent national holiday.

In the United Kingdom

It’s not declared a public holiday, so all of us dads would have to go to work if it wasn’t celebrated on a Sunday, which in the UK usually means that the family gets together and the sons and daughters offer their gifts to dad, to often made by hand. gifts and spend the day together.

Origin

This day has a very interesting history that is very old and goes back to the ancient world in Babylon. Some scholars have documented that a boy named Elmesu carved a message on a clay tablet (card) almost 4000 years ago, thousands of years BC, to his father celebrating Father’s Day and wishing him the best of health and a very long life. .

Father’s Day in other countries vary

Many countries celebrate March 19: Croatia, Switzerland, Italy to name a few and interestingly in Australia it is not celebrated until the first Sunday of September, the first Sunday of spring, also in Thailand it is the King’s birthday, which is not until December 5th. In Germany, the festival falls on Ascension Day (commemorates the Ascension of Jesus into heaven), which falls 40 days after Easter, a federal holiday in Germany.

Gift idea for father’s day

This year I found the best gift for my elderly dad where you can turn your photo into a painting! Painted by professional artists on linen canvas. You can relive your memories from photo to painting with old photos painted on canvas, it makes a truly wonderful gift and a day to remember. Choose an oil painting or watercolor painting, pastel painting, acrylic painting, charcoal drawing or pencil/colored pencil drawing for Dad on Father’s Day!