Sonora Dodd, of Washington, first had the idea of a “father’s day.” She thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909.
Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. Smart, who was a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state.
After Sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.
President Calvin Coolidge, in 1924, supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. Then in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day. President Richard Nixon signed the law which finally made it permanent in 1972.
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Commercialisasi, consumerism, telah menunggangi banyak aspek dari kehidupan di dunia modern ini. Father's day dan Mother's day seharusnya setiap hari sepanjang tahun tidak saja setahun sekali. Bulan Juni
adalah bulan dagangan yang sepi make dipilih bulan ini. Memang ada baiknya membuat hari istimewa untuk mengtratir dan memberi perhatian istimewa oleh anak2, handai taulan yang secara minimalis paling sedikit diingat setahun sekali. Secara naluri humanis seharusnya dipupuk agar memperhatikan kesejahteraan orang tua sepanjang tahun tidak usah selalu dengan hadiah2 materialis tetapi misalnya setiap hari menelefon menanyakan perasaan badan, emosi dll. dari si orang tua. Biarpun agak nyinyir yah diladeni untuk menghilangkan frustrasi mereka dimana fisikal akan terus berkurang. Perhatian material, fisikal, emosional, spiritual dan cinta kasih lebih berharga daripada hura2. Kunjungilah rumah2 tua setahun sekali bila orang tuamu telah berpulang. Rasakanlah betapa pahitnya bagi mereka yang tidak diperhatikan. Inilah ajaran filsafat yang benar.